January 29, 1999
"Some men see things as they are and ask, `why?' I dream of things that never
were and ask, `why not?'"
- Robert Kennedy
TAKE ACTION: Protect America's Wild Roadless Areas
Sierra Club sends the pigs running!
Population - Sign up for 3rd annual Capitol Hill Days!
In The Polls - Environment Scores Big!
TAKE ACTION: Protect America's Wild Roadless Areas
Write a letter to the editor in support of protecting America's threatened
National Forest roadless areas. You can help build public support for the
protection of our wild, natural heritage!
BACKGROUND:
Our National Forests are cris-crossed by 440,000 miles of roads. Every foot
of this massive network has at one time ruined wildlife habitat, dumped silt
into streams, cost taxpayer funds and damaged the cherished natural heritage
that America's public lands hold for all its citizens.
The remnant places between and outside the roads, our National Forest
roadless areas, are the last bastions of true unprotected wilderness. These
increasingly scarce unspoiled areas of our National Forests are crucial for
providing high quality habitat for fish and wildlife, magnificent scenery and
backcountry recreation. Roadless areas also produce some of our clearest,
cleanest rivers and streams, which provide high quality habitat for sensitive
fish species, and provide essential sources of clean drinking water.
Early next month, the U.S. Forest Service should announce a plan for new
management guidelines of roadless areas that will start with a moratorium on
the construction of logging roads in roadless areas. It's a decent place to
start but there is a long way to go. Unfortunately, the moratorium is both
temporary and full of political loopholes that will leave tens of millions of
acres of America's scenic wilderness wide open to logging, road building and
mining.
The Forest Service moratorium specifically exempts many critically important
roadless areas in National Forests, such as the Tongass National Forest in
Alaska and the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest and Northern
California. Approximately 25 National Forests that have had their Forest
Plans recently revised such as the Tongass and Black Hills National Forest in
South Dakota and those forests covered by the President's Northwest Forest
Plan were exempted from the moratorium. Expanding the loopholes, and leaving
room for more damaging subsidized roads, the moratorium also excluded other
roadless areas and areas smaller than 5,000 acres.
Now it is time for the Clinton Administration to act by protecting these
threatened wild forests. President Clinton and Vice-President Gore have a
historic opportunity to protect and preserve the dwindling native forest
areas of the United States.
BIG PIG: IF ONLY IT WAS JUST A BAD MOVIE!
The Good: The Georgia Environmental Protection Division on 1/27 imposed a
moratorium on permits for factory hog farms until new regulations are
implemented. The action was taken to prevent water pollution from these
factories. The moratorium will last until new regulations are written for
these animal factories.
The Bad: The North Dakota legislature is considering some "right-to-farm"
bills that may lead to more giant pig and chicken factories sprouting up
across the state. The bills would prevent the regulation and prohibition of
livestock production, bar the pig and chicken poop from being defined as
solid waste, and exempt farming practices from zoning regulations.
The Ugly: In a New York Times editorial today, Jean Anne Casey, a farmer, and
Colleen Hobbs, a writer, detail the monopoly situation that is developing in
the meat production business. Big corporations like Tyson Food and Seaboard
Corporation have taken over increasingly large percentages of the industry,
running small farmers out of business. Just four packing houses control more
than 60 percent of the federally inspected hogs slaughtered.
Stay tuned to the SC-ACTION as the struggle with these pollution animal
factories continues!
THE 3RD ANNUAL POPULATION CAPITOL HILL DAYS!!!
Connecting Women's Health, Population, and the Environment
WHEN: MARCH 6-9, 1999
WHERE: Resources for the Future Conference Center
1400 Sixteenth Street, NW, Ground Floor Washington, DC
The Sierra Club, ZPG, National Wildlife Federation, and National Audubon
Society are providing you with the opportunity to learn how to lobby, learn
more about population issues, build coalitions, hear great speakers, meet new
people and much more! You'll also get a chance to meet your legislators and
see that YOU have the POWER to make a difference.
March 8 is "International Women's Day." This provides us with the perfect
opportunity to talk with legislators about improving women's lives around the
world through access to family planning, economic opportunity, end education.
The fight to slow rapid population growth is not a means to its own end, but
an opportunity to confront other inequities along the way. Here is your
chance to protect the quality of life for future generations.
For more information, contact Jennifer Kurz at jennifer.kurz@sierraclub.org.
For those of you unable to make it to Capitol Hill Days, we will be hosting a
national call-in day to Legislators on Monday, March, 8, "International
Women's Day." There will also be a Sierra Club Training Academy population
specific training in late spring/early summer to which a limited number of
scholarships may be available. We will not be providing scholarships to
Capitol Hill Days this year.
IN THE POLLS: ENVIRONMENT SCORES BIG!
In a poll conducted by the Pew Research Center earlier this month, American's
were asked to rank the priority level of different issues for President
Clinton and Congress to address this year. Environment came in at 52%, tied
with reducing taxes, and ahead of the national debt, campaign finance, and
jobs.
Hey Washington! We're watching, and we care!
January 28, 1999 "We can't just have certain people there." --Chris Servheen, US Fish and Wildlife Service's grizzly bear coordinator
(see story below)
Contents
TAKE ACTION: SUPPORT THE LANDS LEGACY/LIVABLE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE
FOR THE GRIZZLIES: SIERRA CLUB ACTIVISTS EJECTED FROM STATE MEETING
IN THE CANYON: CELL PHONE TOWERS IN THE GRAND CANYON?
ON THE HILL: HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT CHANGES
TAKE ACTION: SUPPORT THE LANDS LEGACY/LIVABLE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE
Write a letter to the editor in support of the Clinton administration's
"Lands Legacy/Livable Communities Initiatives!" Letters to the editor will
demonstrate that people all over the country stand behind the goals of
these landmark initiatives!
BACKGROUND:
Earlier this month, President Clinton proposed the "Lands Legacy" and
"Livable Communities" initiatives, two major funding initiatives to
preserve our wild places and stop urban sprawl. The proposals would direct
more than $2 billion to programs designed to aggressively seek funding for
acquisition of new federal parklands, wildlife refuges, forests and other
public lands, and to help communities plan and take action to stop sprawl
and protect open space.
The "Lands Legacy Initiative" calls on Congress to provide $442 million for
federal land acquisitions to further preservation of the California Mojave
Desert, New England forests, the Everglades, the Lewis and Clark Trail and
other natural treasures. It similarly provides $588 million to state and
local governments and private lands trusts for local land acquisition,
farmland protection, urban park restoration, forest and wildlife protection
and other objectives critical to protecting the valuable open spaces found
in our own backyards. A major portion of funding for this initiative would
come from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which would be fully
funded at $900 million under the administration's proposal.
The LWCF has been a critical tool in protecting America's wild places. A
number of unfavorable LWCF-related bills emerged at the end of the 105th
Congress, and are receiving considerable attention in the 106th. The
proposals being put forth by Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.)(S.25) and Rep. Don
Young (R-Alaska) (no bill number yet) would channel funds from oil and gas
leasing (Outer Continental Shelf funds or "OCS") into the LWCF, but would
also direct those OCS funds directly to coastal states based partially on
the level of oil production. While we support the goal of funding programs
to protect wildlife, programs that create incentives for stepped-up
offshore oil production are not the way to achieve it!
The administration's proposal is an excellent alternative. It won't
increase reliance on OCS activity for wildlife funding -- and it would
provide permanent funding for the LWCF, which has been consistently
underfunded.
FOR THE GRIZZLIES: SIERRA CLUB ACTIVISTS EJECTED FROM STATE MEETING
Tuesday evening (1/26) state and government officials held a meeting in Bozeman,
Mont., to discuss conservation strategy on how grizzly bears would be managed by
states if their status as a federally protected threatened species is removed.
The meeting was composed of representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, the National Parks Service, the Forest Service and the Montana
Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Montana has an open meeting law. That
is, any meeting conducted or participated in by state public officials has to be
open to the public. So how is it then, that Sierra Club activists Louisa Willcox
and Vannesa Johnson were ejected from this meeting?
According to Chris Servheen, Fish and Wildlife's grizzly bear coordinator, it
was a working meeting that wasn't open to the public, and it wouldn't be fair to
allow only one group to be there. "We can't just have certain people there," he
said. Servheen went on to explain that state and federal agencies needed to be
able to talk freely with each other and he didn't think they could do that with
Willcox and Johnson present. (Bozeman Chronicle, 1/27/99)
"Every time we do anything, Earthjustice sues us," Servheen explained. (Jim
Angell, a lawyer for Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, said later that Fish and
Wildlife was sued because its grizzly recovery plan "ignored" habitat loss. "If
they [Fish and Wildlife] were so sure everything they were doing followed the
law, they would have nothing to fear from a public process." The judge ruled in
Earthjustice's favor in 1995.) (Bozeman Chronicle, 1/27/99)
After Willcox and Johnson left the meeting, two members of the Montana
Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks also left the session. "It's our feeling
if we can't operate in the light of public scrutiny, we shouldn't be doing what
we're doing," said Arnold Dood, FWP endangered species coordinator. "I'm not
afraid to discuss these matters in view of the public. People will have the
opportunity to learn from the difficult discussions that go behind these
things." (Bozeman Chronicle, 1/27/99)
As a result of this dissolved meeting, the Interagency Grizzly Bear Management
Committee announced that a new policy would be ready within the next week
spelling out which meetings will be open and which will be closed. (Bozeman
Chronicle, 1/28/99)
Willcox responded, "We're happy with this approach. This was not an isolated
incident. There's been a programmatic effort in the Fish and Wildlife Service
to hold many meetings behind closed doors. If they're serious about avoiding
litigation, having a conversation is the first step." (Bozeman Chronicle,
1/28/99)
CELL PHONE TOWERS IN THE GRAND CANYON?
On a clear day at the Grand Canyon you can see...a cellular phone tower!!??
CellularONE wants to use Hopi Point, just a mile or so west of Grand
Canyon's El Tovar Lodge as the eye sees, as a site for a 43-foot-high
cellular phone tower. The National Park Service is asking for comments on
whether you agree.
The original proposal was for an 80-foot tower, but now it's
been scaled back to tree-top level. The purpose is to provide cell-phone
coverage for drivers at the South Rim area in Grand Canyon National Park.
According to CellularONE, other sites just won't do, but the company
don't say which ones it has looked at. Nor does it say why existing
radios and telephones are not enough to meet communication needs.
To restore a natural skyline to this heavily visited area of the Grand
Canyon, the Park Service plans to take down the old headframe for the
nearby Orphan Mine, and to tear down two hotels next to the rim. So why
clutter it up again by building something else that no one wants to see?
The Park Service is wondering how to handle this request and
others like it throughout the National Park System as cell-phone use grows
everywhere. The Hopi Point decision may open national parks, and especially
canyon rims and mountain tops, to a flood of towers.
"Hang up the phone and hike!" says Rob Smith, Sierra Club
Southwest representative. "Get in touch with the Grand Canyon, not the
office!"
The Park Service has extended its comment period on the
CellularONE tower proposal until Friday, Feb. 5. Please let them know that
the rim of the Grand Canyon is no place for such clutter.
Write to: Superintendent, attn: Barbara Nelson,
Telecommunication Specialist, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023. Or call
(but not on a cell phone) 520-638-7710. Or email to
[Barbara_Nelson@nps.gov].
HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT CHANGES
Several changes were made as of Thursday (1/28) to the House and Senate
Committee Assignment rosters. These listings will continue to change over
the next week or so. When they are finalized, we'll let you know.
HOUSE:
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Sam Gejdensen (D-Conn.) is the new ranking member.
OUT
Jay Kim, CA
Jon Fox, PA
Lindsey Graham, SC
Bob Clement, TN
Bill Luther, MN
Lois Capps, CA
IN
Paul Gilmore, OH
George Radonavich, CA
John Cooksey, LA
Tom Tancredo, CO
Earl Pomeroy, ND
William Delahuna, MA
Joseph Crowley, NY
Gregory Meeks, NY
Barbara Lee, CA
SENATE:
ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS
OUT
George Voinovich, OH
Bob Bennett, UT
Kay Hutchison, TX
IN
Wayne Allard, CO
Tim Hutchinson, AR
Jeff Sessions, AL
FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE SUBCOMMITTEE
OUT
Joe Lieberman, CT
IN
Bob Graham, FL
Barbara Boxer, CA
ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
(This was previously not assigned)
Frank H. Murkowski, Alaska Chairman
Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico Ranking Minority Member
Republican Members
Pete V. Domenici, New Mexico
Don Nickles, Oklahoma
Larry E. Craig, Idaho
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Colorado
Craig Thomas, Wyoming
Gordon Smith, Oregon
Jim Bunning, Kentucky
Peter Fitzgerald, Illinois
Slade Gorton, Washington
Conrad Burns, Montana
Democratic Members
Daniel K. Akaka, Hawaii
Byron Dorgan, North Dakota
Bob Graham, Florida
Ron Wyden, Oregon
Tim Johnson, South Dakota
Mary L. Landrieu, Louisiana
Evan Bayh, Indiana
Blanche Lambert Lincoln, Arkansas
SUBCOMMITTEE ON PARKS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, RECREATION
Craig Thomas, Chairman
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Vice Chairman
Conrad Burns
Don Nickles
Jim Bunning
Slade Gorton
Daniel K. Akaka, Ranking Member
Bob Graham
Mary L. Landrieu
Evan Bayh
Blanche L. Lincoln
SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Don Nickles, Chairman
Pete V. Domenici, Vice Chairman
Jim Bunning
Slade Gorton
Larry E. Craig
Peter G. Fitzgerald
Gordon Smith
Bob Graham, Ranking Member
Daniel K. Akaka
Byron L. Dorgan
Tim Johnson
Mary L. Landrieu
Evan Bayh
SUBCOMMITTEE ON FORESTS AND PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT
Larry E. Craig, Chairman
Conrad Burns, Vice Chairman
Peter G. Fitzgerald
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Pete V. Domenici
Craig Thomas
Gordon Smith
Ron Wyden, Ranking Member
Bob Graham
Mary L. Landrieu
Evan Bayh
Blanche L. Lincoln
WATER AND POWER SUBCOMMITTEE
Gordon Smith, Chairman
Slade Gorton, Vice Chairman
Jim Bunning
Larry E. Craig
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Bryron L. Dorgan, Ranking Member
Rob Graham
Ron Wyden
Blanche L. Lincoln
January 27, 1999 "We don't have a choice..." Georgia Governor Roy E. Barnes, on the need to reduce suburban sprawl in Atlanta, GA. (NY Times, 1/26/99)
Contents
TAKE ACTION: CLEAN AIR FOR OUR KIDS!
GREEN SCISSORS: CUTTING PORK TO PROTECT THE EARTH
GLOBAL WARMING: CLINTON PROPOSES CLEAN AIR SPENDING
WHO'S ON FIRST?: SENATE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
TAKE ACTION! DON'T STOP NOW--KEEP THOSE CLEAN AIR POST CARD REQUESTS
COMING!!!
Requests for the Sierra Club's new clean air to Al Gore postcard campaign has
been great! We've distributed over 3,000 cards to activists around the
country in just a few short weeks!
But there is more to be done! Please join in the fight to demand cleaner cars
and less pollution! Request a packet of 5, 10, 20 or more cards to
distribute in your community!
Activists are coming up with lots of great ideas about how to get the word out
about the need for cleaner air. From setting up a tables outside their food
co-ops to distributing cards in their classrooms and at Sierra Club Chapter
and group meetings, our activists are making a difference and getting those
card to Gore. T. Dirkx of Madison, Wisconsin not only requested cards, but
sent the text of our action alert via e-mail to Al Gore, WI legislators and
newspapers. Bob Hilliard of NY put stamps on the cards and put them out on
his desk for co-workers to sign. John Wills wrote us from *** ENGLAND *** to
request cards to send to his friends and family back in the states!
Many thanks to all the activists who replied to our call to action for their
hard work and enthusiasm!
It's not too late for you to join the campaign! Strong Tier II standards
will make a huge difference in the quality of the air we breathe for years to
come...we need your help to make sure the new regulations reflect OUR
interests NOT those of the auto and oil industries! We have the cards, all
we need is YOU! Tell the Vice President that our kids deserve clean air!!
To request postcards or more information, call Michelle Artz at 202-547-1141
or e-mail her at . Be sure to specify how many
cards you need. Ask for 1 postcard or
1,000--every card counts!
GREEN SCISSORS: CUTTING PORK TO PROTECT THE EARTH
Take Action to Protect the Environment!
Every day our taxpayer dollars are used to pollute our rivers, threaten our
health, squander our natural assets, and create radioactive waste. These
government subsidized programs ranging from logging roads in National Forests
to petroleum research and development not only hurt the environment, they
often conflict with other federal policies, leaving taxpayers to foot the
bill.
In response to this waste of money and resources, a coalition of
environmental and taxpayer organizations produced Green Scissors '99, a
report that recommends eliminating or modifying approximately 70
environmentally destructive programs.
The report will be released on Jan 28, 1999 in press events across the
country. **** For more information, please email cecily.vix@sierraclub.org.
To find out who is conducting the release in your state, please check the
list below. ****
AK: Mark Wheeler, SEAC, 907/586-6942 Paper Release
*AL: TCS
AR: Bill Kopsky, Arkansas Public Policy Panel, (501) 376-7913
AZ: U.S.PIRG, Tempe and Phoenix events, Mike Gwinn, 602-966-1541 (w/ TCS),
CT: CONNPIRG, event in NW part of state, event in Fairfield, Kate White, (w/
860-233-7554
CO: COPIRG, 3 events, Nick Johnson, 303-573-7474
DE: U.S.PIRG, event in Wilmington, Steven Biel, 202-546-9707
FL: FloridaPIRG, statewide release, Mark Ferrulo, 850-224-3321
GA: U.S.PIRG, events in Atlanta and Augusta, Robert Pregulman, 404-892-3573
HI:
ID: Charles Ray, Idaho Rivers United, 208-343-7481
IA: U.S.PIRG, paper release and reporter mtgs, Amber Hard, 515-274-9984 (w/
Concord Coalition)
IL: IllinoisPIRG, events in Chicago and Rockford, Diane Brown, 213-986-8211
(w/ REP America)
IN: FOE contact and IndianaPIRG, event in Indianapolis, Evansville, and
Bloomington, Zach Corrigan, 812-856-4128
KY: Craig Williams, Chemical Weapons Working Group, 606-986-7565
KS: U.S.PIRG, event w/ Concord Coalition, Amber Hard, 515-274-9984
LA: Hal Dean, Sierra Club, 504/865-1874
MA: MASSPIRG, event in Boston, Rob Sargent, 617-292-4800
ME: New England Env. Voters and U.S.PIRG, ed board and reporter mtgs, Steve
Blackledge, 617-292-4800
*MD: MaryPIRG, local ICC groups and TCS, event in Baltimore, Lea Jonhson,
410-467-0439
MI: PIRGIM, Lansing event and statewide release, Brian Imus, 734-662-6597
(w/ REP America)
MO: MOPIRG, event in St. Louis, Tom Fendley, 314-454-9560 *MS: TCS
MN: TCS and U.S.PIRG, event in Mnpls, Louise Schoggen, 612-379-3022
MT: FOE and MontPIRG, press event in Missoula, John Hirsch, 406-243-2908.
David Giullard, Predator Project, (406) 587-3389
NC: U.SPIRG, events in Raleigh, Charlotte, and Asheville, Elizabeth Outz,
919-933-5889
ND: U.S.PIRG, Amber Hard, 515-274-9984, Sierra Club Wayde Schafer
(701)663-0944.
NE: U.S.PIRG, Amber Hard, 515-274-9984, Sierra Club Karen Fogas
(605)331-6001.
NV: PIRG and FOE, press event in Las Vegas, TJ Slocum, 801-485-5032
NH: New England Enviro Voters, Deb Johnson, 603/744-9595 and U.S.PIRG, Steve
Blackledge, 617-292-4800
NJ: NJPIRG Citizen Lobby, press events on NJ Shore, Livingston,
Lawrenceville, S. NJ, Benita Jain, 609-394-8155
NM: FOE Greg Mello, Los Alamos Study Group, 505/982-7747and NMPIRG, press
event Albuquerque, Jeanne Bassett, 505-254-1244
NY: paper release w/ NYPIRG out of D.C.
OH: OhioPIRG, events in Columbus and Cleveland, Amy Simpson, 216-791-1116
OR: Shawn Cantrell, FOE, (206) 633-1661 and OSPIRG, event in Portland,
Tiernan Sittenfeld, 503-231-4181
*OK:
PA: PennPIRG, events in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, release out of Philadelphia,
David Masur, 215-732-3747
RI: U.SPIRG, Steve Blackledge, 617-292-4800
SC: U.S.PIRG, paper release, Robert Pregulman, 404-892-3573
SD: U.S.PIRG, paper release, Amber Hard, 515-274-9984, Sierra Club Karen
Fogas (605)331-6001.
TX: U.S.PIRG, events in Austin and Houston, Joann Kester, 512-479-8481
TN: U.S.PIRG, paper release, Robert Pregulman, 404-892-3573
UT: U.S.PIRG, event in SLC, Brian Smith, 801-484-1406
VA: U.S.PIRG, Aaron Viles, event in Richmond, 202-546-9707
VT: Brian Dunkiel, FOE, 802-862-1706 event in Montpelier, Ben Davis,
802-223-4097
WA: Shawn Cantrell, FOE (206) 633-1661and WashPIRG, 3 events, Seattle,
Olympia and Spokane, Leslie
Drozen, 206-523-8985
WY: Kirk Koespel, Sierra Club, 307 672-0425
WV: Bonnie Mckeown, Corridor H Alternatives, (304) 874-3887and U.S.PIRG,
event in Charlston, possible 2nd eventSteven Biel, 202-546-9707
WI: WisPIRG, Event in Madison, Kerry Schumann, 608-251-1918
GLOBAL WARMING: CLINTON PROPOSES CLEAN AIR SPENDING
Plan Would Fund Efforts to Reduce Global Warming, Improve Air Quality
During his State of the Union Address President Clinton announced that his
upcoming budget will contain a plan to supply state and local governments
with funds to support actions which reduce global warming and clean air
pollution. On Monday, the White House made more details of that proposal
available.
Clinton proposes to spend $ 4 billion on a program tax breaks and incentives
to promote action. Vice President Al Gore said Monday the initiative
represents "significant new investments ... to accelerate our aggressive,
common-sense efforts to meet the challenge of global warming" while providing
other environmental benefits as well." (AP, 1/25/99)
The package of climate-related proposals includes for the first time a $ 200
million "clean air partnership fund" that will funnel grants to state and
local governments to reduce greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide from
burning fossil fuels, according to an outline of the proposal.
The proposal is likely to meet fierce opposition in Congress, where opponents
of action have branded similar proposals as "backdoor implementation" of the
modest Kyoto global warming treaty. Gore defended the plan, arguing that
each of the actions it would take make sense on their own merit. He said in
a statement that while the administration would "continue to work on the
diplomatic front to achieve a truly global response" to the threat of global
warming, "we are firmly committed to stepping up our efforts at home as
well."
In addition to the clean air fund, the administration package includes
increased research and development money for energy efficiency and clean
renewable energy like wind a solar power. It would also provide income tax
credits to consumers who purchase high-efficiency homes, and cleaner
electric, hybrid, or fuel-cell powered cars, and fund research into "clean
coal" technology and whether agriculture can play a role in removing
pollution from the air.
WHO'S ON FIRST?: SENATE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee Assignments for the 106th Congress
Environment and Public Works
John H. Chafee, Rhode Island, Chairman Max Baucus, Montana
John W. Warner, Virginia
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, New York
Robert Smith, New Hampshire
Frank R. Lautenberg, New Jersey
James Inhofe, Oklahoma
Harry Reid, Nevada
Craig Thomas, Wyoming
Bob Graham, Florida
Christopher S. Bond, Missouri
Joseph I. Lieberman, Connecticut
George V. Voinovich, Ohio
Barbara Boxer, California
Michael D. Crapo, Idaho
Ron Wyden, Oregon
Robert F. Bennett, Utah
Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas
