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Honored members and friends of the CPWHRWF!
Here we are again. What a terrific, challenging, successful and busy summer for all. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU BACK FOR OUR FALL SEASON! We all had a terrific time celebrating the “McCain Nation” event along with our traditional annual get-together with Councilman Dennis Zine at Cheryl’s home.
A great turn out. It was lovely to see you all there and watch you participate and engage in conversation and Q and A’s with the councilman. It is very encouraging to hear you all be so active and show interest in changes for the better.
The launch of our new website is the culmination of the efforts by a great group of people, dedicated, thoughtful and ever mindful of making the greatest use of the best informative and interesting information in our sections. This group has diligently worked to bring to you the greatest about ourselves as a club as well as individual ladies.
Now your new website is here (www.cpwhrwf.org), and we expect to continue to evolve and to improve. We seek to make your new website a place for bulletins, news events articles, photographs, awards and much more. We hope you find our site useful and informative. The information will be updated and will be interesting in our sections. Your suggestions regarding the site will be welcome.
Our club has had past, recent, and will continue to have successful stories to share and bring about to carry the legacy further into the future.
I hope that all of you will attend our upcoming general meeting Wednesday September 17, 2008 and that you will bring along your friends. We always welcome guests. We will celebrate 50 years, the Birthday of our club, and we will hear from our CRP chairman Ron Nehring.
As Republican volunteers were staffing a huge outdoor phone bank in Newport Beach, Teddy Howell and I decided to attend Saturday August 16 2008, when we all got a visit, a pep talk and shook hands with Senator McCain
A huge crowd of Republican activists greeted senator McCain upon his arrival. He thanked everyone for the dedication and work on the campaign, and promised that he will “compete and win in California”, reiterating his commitment to fighting for every vote in the Golden State.
A sincere “Thank you” to all of you who have volunteered for all our successful voter registration days at the mall, and for those who are working at the headquarters. We have accomplished so much, registering 24 the week-end of August 23-24, 17 August 8-9 and many more previous to these dates and throughout the year.
We have only 2 months before a very exciting and big election will take place in November. We need to focus on these 2 months, and confidently elect Senator John McCain as our next president of the USA, along with our member Armineh Chelebian and other state and local Republicans.
Four of us will attend the LA County Fair September 11, 2008; and we are looking for 4 more to go September 24, 2008. Will you be the one? If so, please call me as soon as you can at 818 718 7421.
I encourage all of us to get involved and support as we have chances to prevail as Republicans. Alongside comes satisfaction, friendship and fellowship, networking, personal growth and opportunities fun working to SERVE A WORTHY CAUSE. All that, and more, comes about to you ! Cheers !
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CRP President Ron Nehring to speak
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Ron Nehring was elected Chairman of the California Republican Party in February 2007.
Since his days as President of his College Republican club almost twenty years ago, Ron Nehring has worked hard to advance Republican ideas and candidates. He managed campaigns for Republican candidates in his home state of New York before moving to Washington DC and working for some of the brightest minds in the Republican Party.
In July 2001, Ron Nehring was unanimously elected Chairman of the Republican Party of San Diego County, one of the largest counties in America. He was re-elected by acclamation three times (2002, 2004, 2006), serving a total of 5 1/2 years as Chairman.
His brand of leadership helped to unify what had been a badly divided party, and helped focus it on implementing the important, but not always glorious, programs that actually produce results for Republican candidates: voter registration, supporting new candidates for local offices, building a sophisticated precinct organization that increases Republican voter turnout, and raising the money necessary to support Republican volunteers.
Come welcome him!
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Fly your Flag
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Every day is a good day to fly the Flag of the United States. This month there are three days that are especially important.
The first date is the first Monday of September (September 1st this year). This is Labor Day - a day originating in 1882 to honor the working man. The day has generally been celebrated by parades, speeches and picnics: a festival for workers and their families. An interesting aside is the popular fashion etiquette of not wearing white after Labor Day (also suggesting the end of summer). The custom is fading and fashion magazines often call people who "dare" to wear white after Labor Day as innovative, creative and bold.
The second and very important date is on Thursday, September 11th. Every home, apartment, office and store in the United States should be displaying an American Flag as we did on that first tragic day of September 11th, 2001. We want to honor the memory of those who lost their lives as well as to remember their families, friends and loved ones who continue to endure the pain. And, of course, we want to honor the men and women who today are fighting to preserve our freedoms. The size of the flag isn't as important as the fact that it is displayed showing again our continued solidarity.
On Sept. 17, 1787, the United States Constitution was signed by thirty-nine brave men who changed the course of history. Now Constitution Day is a time for us to continue their legacy and develop habits of citizenship in a new generation of Americans.
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Our ladies are being successful at registering NEW voters and signing up people CHANGING PARTY.
Please join us as we do more registration in September and early October.
Volunteer at Republican Headquarters
20121 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 106
Contact Nancy or Sue for more information at 818 704-0446
Remember TUESDAY is our club day, but you are welcome other days as well. Office is generally open between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m
MONDAYS 10:00 AM -6:00 PM – at the above headquarters You will be targeting Republicans and Decline to States for both 40th Assembly District candidate Armineh Chelebian and Presidential candidate Mc Cain.
And/or
Volunteer at Headquarters for Armineh Chelebian, candidate for the 40th Assembly District
Her separate Headquarters is located at :
7120 Hayvenhurst Ave, # 207, Van Nuys, Ca 91406
Every day – Monday thru Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
contact person;
Armineh Chelebian
contact phone: 818-772-8173
e-mail; Chelebian@aol.com
Here you will be targeting: Democrats, Targeted groups, ethnic groups, Value Voter/faith groups...Calling for Armineh Chelebian and no presidential candidate
Armineh’s Headquarters will have a grand opening and open house on Sept 6th from 3:00 to 6:00 PM
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Several prospective members attended our membership get-together in August. We hope that they will join.
FOR ANYONE WHO HAS NOT ALREADY PAID THEIR DUES, make out your $30 check to CPWHRWF and mail to Mary Lou Dudzak, 20640 Chatsworth Street, Chatsworth, CA 90311-1631. (Associate membership is still $15.)
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Allan Hoffenblum is Publisher of the California Target Book, a non-partisan, multi-volume subscription service that tracks and analyzes all federal and state legislative races in California. Mr. Hoffenblum was a faculty instructor on political campaign management at UC Davis and UCLA Extension.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
11:00 a.m. sharp Cost is $35 each
Lunch will be served in the patio of
The Sagebrush Cantina
23527 Calabasas Road, Calabasas
Make your reservations with Mary Hawkins at 818 591-1071
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As we start our Fall session, I have great plans for our Caring for America projects.
Operation Gratitude is starting their Holiday Season project early this year in order to collect, pack and ship their standard 50,000 boxes to our U. S. Servicemen and Women stationed in the Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan. Therefore, In October, I would like to collect all donations for Operation Gratitude so they get a head start on their packing and shipping to our hero’s who work 24/7 to keep us safe and secure here in the U.S.
Donations needed for these servicemen and women are individually wrapped packages of beef jerky, trail mix, cookies, candy, crackers, nuts, lip gloss. Since it will be a very cold winter, also needed are knit scarves, hand warmers and A and AA batteries.
In November, I would like to collect non-perishable food and cleaning supplies for Haven Hills, our local home for battered and abused women and their children. I will list their needs in the October bulletin.
In December, we support Haven Hills for their Holiday House extravaganza where we donate new gifts for women and children of all ages. These women and children get to select a donated gift to give to their mother or child for Christmas, even having the privilege of wrapping it themselves. This is a very big event for this worthwhile home as it helps hundreds of women and children to select a special gift for their mother and child – a privilege that some families are not able to enjoy.
Remember, I always collect suitcases that you don’t need, good used sheets, bed linens and towels, kitchen supplies, small appliances, cell phones and ink jet cartridges.
We have had very successful early 2008 donations for each project – our donations each and every time always exceed the previous year – so I’m hoping this season we can out do ourselves, once more.
I thank you very much for your support of these most worthwhile projects.
“My Stuff”The next date to volunteer is September 10th. Call Cheryl if you would like to attend.
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Significant Legislative Dates
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The following Legislative dates are significant:
• 8/31/08: Last day for any bill to be passed.
• 9/30/08: Last day for the Governor to sign or veto bills passed by the legislature before Sept. 1, and in the Governor's posession
The Governor, who had said he would not sign any bills sent to him until the state budget was passed, has altered his course somewhat to accommodate those measures which must go before the voters as propositions on the ballot. They must be signed NOW as the state is running out of time to get them on the ballot.
SB 37: (Migden) : A Bill to circumvent the Electoral College.: This bill would make California part of a "compact" with other like minded states, which essentially are working to do away with our Constitutionally mandated Electoral College, which enables less populated states to have some weight in our Presidential elections.
AB 2948 (Umberg) of 2006, which is the same as SB 37, was vetoed by the Governor, who said " While this bill honors the will of the people voting for the office of President of the U.S. across the country it disregards the will of a majority of Californians". ......"This is counter to the tradition of our great nation which honors states rights and the unique pride and identity of each state"
If you agree with the Governor's past veto, please call him at (916) 445-2841 and ask him to veto SB 37
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CFRW Weekly Update, August 11, 2008
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A real budget would have a spending cap.
CFRW From again and expecting different results,” Albert Einstein
As the Assembly spent hours debating the budget, it became abundantly clear that Democrats were doing the same thing over and over again - not listening to the Republicans. Over and over, Democrat members stood up and blamed Republican members for this monumental impasse, for not having a better budget.
Democrats blame Republicans for not having better ideas when they systematically kill Republican bills and smash our ideas in committees. An example- ACA 19 (the California Constitutional Amendment to put a spending cap in place) came up in committee on Friday: it was killed as if it were some rabid dog.
“This defeat marks an unwillingness by the Legislature to tackle the root of our perpetual budget problems, a lack of fiscal discipline,” remarked Assemblyman Benoit (R-64).
Democrats want to tax the citizens of California $7.3 billion more. Democrats have maxed out the credit cards (bonds), have overspent the budget (spending more than you take in), and are blaming the Republicans
The Republican Caucus’ ideas, of a “rainy-day fund”, a common sense spending cap by simply not spending more than the California treasury takes in, seem to fall on deaf ears in the hallowed halls in Sacramento. Assemblywomen Bonnie Garcia (R-80) gets it by stating: “When you go to the grocery store and you do not have enough money to pay the bill, you start pulling stuff off the belt.” She gets it. The Republican Caucus gets it. The Democrats have yet to get it.
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Measure R up for consideration again
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The Los Angeles City Council placed Measure R on the 2006 November ballot, which EXTENDED the limit of two terms for City Council members, allowing them to run for a third four-year term. In addition, the measure imposed new restrictions on lobbyist campaign contributions and enacted a host of other “good government” provisions.
Opponents filed suit to have it removed from the ballot, claiming that Measure R violates the California Constitution because the city cannot put before the voters a measure dealing with more than one subject (in this case, term limits and lobbying and ethics reform).
It was approved for the ballot; and, in fact, Los Angeles City residents voted for the measure with 59% of the vote.
Challenged again, on July 17, 2007, Superior Court Judge David Yaffe turned aside arguments that Measure R violated the state constitution, since the city measure was not a state initiative.
Up again for consideration, Ron Kaye, former editor of the Daily news, talks about, “Showdown on the City Council's deceitful effort to cling to their positions” when a new challenge to Measure R was heard by the state appeals court. The case was heard on Tuesday, August 26th, at the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 8.
”Community activist David Hernandez somehow managed against all odds to keep the case alive for two years and to gather broad support from community groups and government reform organizations. The issues are how the council created the measure to give themselves three instead of two terms in office and violated the state constitution by making it a two-issue initiative by linking ethics to term limits.
”A victory would blow open City Hall politically and create a real chance to elect candidates who actually would be public servants instead of the pseudo-royalty we have who treat the people as their servants.
“Seven of the 15 council seats -- all the odd-numbered districts except Bill Rosendahl's -- would be open if the court strikes down Measure R and that would create the opportunity for a citywide movement to change the face (and faces) of City Hall.”
The legal argument is a convoluted one, because the constitutional prohibition against having more than one subject applies expressly to certain measures proposed to voters by the California Legislature and to voter initiatives, not to measures proposed by local legislative bodies.
Opponents argue that the same single-subject limit extends by implication to measures, such as Measure R, placed on local ballots by a city council.
A three judge panel is expected to rule within 30 days.
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Employment Verification Legislation
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Help Stop California Anti-Employment Verification Legislation from NumbersUSA
Contact all Senate members and ask to oppose AB 2076.
Talking Points
* Please oppose AB 2076, a bill that prohibits E-Verify use in California state and local governments and undermines its use in the private sector. There are no longer any valid excuses for allowing government or businesses to continue to hire illegal workers, not when there are so many Americans struggling to find work.
* The country is moving closer to implementing workplace verification systems that will help employers hire a legal workforce, protect American workers from unfair labor competition, discourage illegal immigration, and end exploitative labor practices. Don't take California down the opposite path by voting for AB 2076.
* All Federal agencies and Congress use the E-Verify system and every federal contractor will be using it shortly. About 70,000 employers throughout the country use E-Verify, including 5,669 in California. About 1,000 new businesses sign up for the program every week. Eleven states require their government contractors to use E-Verify and many more state and local governments are passing laws to discourage illegal labor and immigration practices. Don't support legislation that bucks the trend in the rest of the nation. Oppose AB 2076!
* E-Verify has been used by employers for over 12 years. In that time, it has been studied multiple times by Congress, universities, and even the Social Security Administration. Every report has found E-Verify to be easy, reliable and effective. Employers who use E-Verify must run every applicant through the system. Everyone is treated equally. Don't let your constituents down by voting for AB 2076.
* 99.5% of legal workers with no problems in their Social Security Administration records accurately authorized under E-Verify. Those that have inaccuracies are given instructions on how to clear up their records with SSA and time to do so. The bottom line is that those eligible to work in the U.S. will not lose their job. E-Verify protects legal workers from unfair hiring practices.
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CLIMATE COST?
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Press-Enterprise, 8/24/08
Article on capoliticalnews.com August 24, 2008
The California Air Resources Board owes the state a realistic estimate of the costs of implementing the California Global Warming Solutions Act. And journalists, business groups and others with a stake in California’s future should thoroughly vet the analysis.
The Legislature passed the act, AB 32, in September 2006, not knowing how its aims could be accomplished or how much the endeavor would cost. Legislators should have demanded price data before casting their votes. Now, once trustworthy cost projections are available, Californians and their elected officials might want to revisit all or part of AB 32 if the costs of the bill eclipse its benefits.
A new survey suggests that public support for action on global warming is heavily reliant on the expense involved. The poll, conducted Aug. 3-10, was commissioned by a Sacramento-based business association, the AB 32 Implementation Group.
The survey found, for example, that the public supports low-carbon fuels, 58 percent to 11 percent. But the poll found far less support for low-carbon fuels that cost more: Just 23 percent approve, while 31 percent oppose higher-priced gasoline and diesel.
It is vital that the public understand the price of AB 32, which aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2020. Without that information, families and businesses are unable to plan their budgets or make informed decisions to invest in equipment that would minimize expenses.
And cutting emissions, as proposed by the board in preliminary regulations issued in June, will raise the cost of electricity, fuel, cars and consumer products generally. It will raise the cost of doing business, as companies will be required to buy credits to release greenhouse gases.
Preliminary modeling done by Gov.
Schwarzenegger’s Climate Action Team in 2006 forecast a modest effect on California’s economy. One model suggested a slight positive impact — with energy savings outweighing higher prices. The other predicted a slightly negative outcome. But other modeling pegged to similar climate legislation found larger effects:
The Heritage Foundation in May conducted a state-by-state analysis of the Lieberman-Warner bill, a less-ambitious national emissions-reduction plan the Senate rejected that month. The employment effect on California through 2025: 180,000 lost jobs.
A 1998 Data Resources/Wharton Econometrics analysis of the Kyoto Protocol found that, had the United States ratified and honored the emissions-cutting treaty, California’s economic output would have plummeted 3 percent; family income would have fallen by $1,600 a year; and the state would have shed 278,000 jobs between 1998 and 2012.
And regarding AB 32, the chief economist for the American Council for Capital Formation wrote in June 2006 that the bill would "tend to slow growth in business investment, jobs and household income."
Advocates of climate change action promise a bright future under a "green economy" — AB 32 aspires to position the state’s "economy, technology centers, financial institutions, and businesses to benefit from national and international efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases." But the state should closely monitor progress toward that new age to ensure that the state is not staking its future to wishful thinking.
Gov. Schwarzenegger Signed Landmark Legislation to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions September 27, 2006 from the Governor’s website
AB 32 requires the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to develop regulations and market mechanisms that will ultimately reduce California's greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020. Mandatory caps will begin in 2012 for significant sources and ratchet down to meet the 2020 goals.
“And by 2050, we will reduce emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels. We simply must do everything in our power to slow down global warming before it's too late," said Schwarzenegger as he signed the legislation.
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Obama/Ayres Corruption Machine Exposed
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from Stephen Frank’s California Political News and Views capoliticalnews.com Saturday 23 August 2008
Barack claimed the remorseful terrorist, Bill Ayres was just a neighbor. Guess he forget the three years they worked together, wasting $50 million on a failed education reform project.
Ayres, the Tim McVeigh of his time (McVeigh was successful, Ayres just wished he was), was/is a neighbor, friend, mentor, co-worker of Barack Obama. They are emotional and philosophical soul brothers.
The corruption of the Annenberg Project is a metaphor for the Obama political career. Does nothing, claims victory and looks good in the process.
This is a man who has only a one page medical report, refuses to say who his legal clients were, worked for the corrupt radical organization ACORN (which he got caught funneling $800,000 to for "advance work"—when caught he had to report it), bought property with the mobbed up Tony Rezko.
Obama is a man of mystery, always on the edge of corruption. He is Bill Clinton without a hormone problem. Wait till the full story of the hospital work of his wife comes out. She was paid $300,000 per year by a hospital to help the health care of the poor. Instead, it now appears she shipped the poor other places for treatment, to save her hospital money.
The word "sleaze" comes to min
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Did You Know?
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican!
History shows that Dr. King was a minister who embraced the traditional values that made our country great.
The National Black Republican Association is sponsoring billboards at the DNC convention that read, "Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican!"
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Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2008
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For anyone who thought that stark international aggression was a thing of the past, the last week must have come as a startling wake-up call. After clashes in the Georgian region of South Ossetia, Russia invaded its neighbor, launching attacks that threaten its very existence. Some Americans may wonder why events in this part of the world are any concern of ours. After all, Georgia is a small, remote and obscure place. But history is often made in remote, obscure places.
As Russian tanks and troops moved through the Roki Tunnel and across the internationally recognized border into Georgia, the Russian government stated that it was acting only to protect Ossetians. Yet regime change in Georgia appears to be the true Russian objective.
Two years ago, I traveled to South Ossetia. As soon as we arrived at its self-proclaimed capital -- now occupied by Russian troops -- I saw an enormous billboard that read, "Vladimir Putin, Our President." This was on sovereign Georgian territory.
Russian claims of humanitarian motives were further belied by a bombing campaign that encompassed the whole of Georgia, destroying military bases, apartment buildings and other infrastructure, and leaving innocent civilians wounded and killed. As the Russian Black Sea Fleet began concentrating off of the Georgian coast and Russian troops advanced on one city after another, there could be no doubt about the nature of their aggression.
Despite a French-brokered cease-fire -- which worryingly does not refer to Georgia's territorial integrity -- Russian attacks have continued. There are credible reports of civilian killings and even ethnic cleansing as Russian troops move deeper into Georgian territory.
Moscow's foreign minister revealed at least part of his government's aim when he stated that "Mr. Saakashvili" -- the democratically elected president of Georgia -- "can no longer be our partner. It would be better if he went." Russia thereby demonstrated why its neighbors so ardently seek NATO membership.
In the wake of this crisis, there are the stirrings of a new trans-Atlantic consensus about the way we should approach Russia and its neighbors. The leaders of Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Latvia flew to Tbilisi to demonstrate their support for Georgia, and to condemn Russian aggression.
The French president traveled to Moscow in an attempt to end the fighting. The British foreign minister hinted of a G-8 without Russia, and the British opposition leader explicitly called for Russia to be suspended from the grouping.
The world has learned at great cost the price of allowing aggression against free nations to go unchecked. A cease-fire that holds is a vital first step, but only one. With our allies, we now must stand in united purpose to persuade the Russian government to end violence permanently and withdraw its troops from Georgia. International monitors must gain immediate access to war-torn areas in order to avert an even greater humanitarian disaster, and we should ensure that emergency aid lifted by air and sea is delivered.
We should work toward the establishment of an independent, international peacekeeping force in the separatist regions, and stand ready to help our Georgian partners put their country back together.
This will entail reviewing anew our relations with both Georgia and Russia. As the NATO secretary general has said, Georgia remains in line for alliance membership, and I hope NATO will move ahead with a membership track for both Georgia and Ukraine.
At the same time, we must make clear to Russia's leaders that the benefits they enjoy from being part of the civilized world require their respect for the values, stability and peace of that world. The U.S. has cancelled a planned joint military exercise with Russia, an important step in this direction.
The Georgian people have suffered before, and they suffer today. We must help them through this tragedy, and they should know that the thoughts, prayers and support of the American people are with them. This small democracy, far away from our shores, is an inspiration to all those who cherish our deepest ideals. As I told President Saakashvili on the day the cease-fire was declared, today we are all Georgians. We mustn't forget it.
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Locked up, thanks to Speaker Pelosi.
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John Shadeggis a Republican Congressman from Arizona.
Article in the National Review as posted in the NFRW Political Briefing of August 18, 2008
We are the nation of Velcro, the light-bulb, the microwave, the Ford Model-T, and the Wright Brothers. We fought and defeated tyranny and fascism. We’ve walked on the moon. Where others see impossibility, our nation sees a challenge. Pessimism and hopelessness are not American character-istics. As the price of gas climbs higher and higher, doomsday scenarios are playing out in the media. Americans aren’t buying it, they’re demanding a solution. But our can-do nation is suffering at the hands of “can’t-do” congressional leadership. After months of prohibiting a vote on increased domestic oil production, House Democrats have gone on summer vacation — a luxury many Americans can no longer afford.
Energy solutions to provide relief at the pump cannot wait. Congress must repeal restrictions enacted, over the last two decades, placing our known domestic supplies off-limits. Energy producers can then increase supply and lower prices immediately while we take the necessary steps to make renewables and other alternatives commercially viable.
Congress has locked up approximately 76.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas to which we would require access. Additionally, wind and solar tax credits, critical in developing these technologies, have been stalled by Speaker Pelosi and House Democrat leaders’ insistence upon paying for them with controversial tax hikes that can’t pass. I, along with 87 colleagues, wrote Speaker Pelosi asking that she bring a clean bill extending these credits to the floor. She hasn’t honored our request.
With complete disregard to the rights of the minority party, the Democrat leadership in Congress will not allow a vote on drilling for America’s vast domestic resources. Producers have made great strides in minimizing ecological damage. Over the past 25 years, 7 billion gallons of oil have been pumped to shore, without a single significant spill. In fact, the last oil spill of any impact from a drilling rig off our shores occurred 37 years ago. Yet, congressional Democrats refuse to acknowledge these facts, choosing instead to remain beholden to the fringe environmental extremists who oppose advancement.
Washington Democrat’s devotion to environmental elitism has resulted in the failed energy policies, or more accurately anti-energy policies, at the root of our current crisis. For 30 years, Democrats have voted consistently to lock up America’s supply of oil and natural gas. It’s estimated that ANWR holds 10.6 billion barrels of oil. In 13 years, Congress has voted 17 times on access to this oil, every attempt failing. But the record is clear, on average, 91% of Republicans voted for development of oil from ANWR, 86 percent of Democrats against it.
In federally designated lands in the Intermountain West, there is a massive supply of oil and trillions of cubic feet of natural gas, but they’re locked off from development by laws Congress enacted when gas was $1 per gallon. The Western United States also holds vast quantities of oil shale, equal to 1.8 trillion barrels, compared to only 267 billion barrels in proven reserves in Saudi Arabia. But, just last year, thanks to Democrat Congressman Mark Udall from Colorado, a moratorium on the development of these resources was enacted.
The outer continental shelf (OCS) contains 115.43 billion gallons of oil and 633.62 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Since 2005, 80 percent of Republicans have voted consistently for its production, while 83 percent of congressional Democrats have voted consistently against it, depriving American consumers of yet another energy source.
President Bush has lifted the executive ban on offshore oil drilling, but drilling cannot occur until Congress lifts its own legislative ban. With Speaker Pelosi at the helm, this is unlikely. At the beginning of July she reportedly told her colleagues that if they allowed for more drilling, Washington Democrats “might as well pack up and go home.”.
Over 70 percent of Americans favor increased domestic drilling. Republicans believe that a viewpoint held by a majority of the public deserves, at the very least, a vote on the floor of the people’s house. We have an “all of the above” strategy to find more sources and use less energy.
Over the next month, Republicans will continue our protest, insisting that Speaker Pelosi and her colleagues return to Washington to allow a vote. The Democrat majority must recognize its obligation to the American people and bring down skyrocketing costs by lifting irrational restrictions on American energy production.
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Each year our club contributes toward 6 scholarships. They are: The Dorothy Andrews Kabis Internship Program, The Betty Rendel Scholarship, The National Pathfinder Scholarship, The Ronald Reagan Scholarship, the Charlotte Mousel Scholarship, and the LACFRW Scholarship.
In addition to contributing, our club CAN seek out qualified young people and nominate them for the various scholarships. And it is never too early to identify them and get them an application.
I will be telling you about the various scholarships in the coming months.
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