URGENT HELP NEEDED FOR BURMA IN US CONGRESS (fwd)

[Evan D Ravitz <evan@vote.org>]

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Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 16:02:54 -0400
From: Simon Billenness <sbillenness@trilliuminvest.com>
Subject: URGENT HELP NEEDED FOR BURMA IN US CONGRESS

From: Jeremy Woodrum, Executive Director of the Free Burma Coalition: 
<jeremy@freeburmacoalition.org>

Dear friends,

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1) Urgent Help Needed for Burma freedom in U.S. Congress!
2) Sample Script of What to Say to Your Congressperson
3) List of Phone Numbers for Foreign Relations Committee
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We have a sizeable crisis on our hands and need your phone calls 
immediately, please.  Last May, a concurrent resolution on Burma was 
introduced in the House and Senate. It is a bipartisan effort to express 
the sense of the Congress in recognition of the 1990 elections and the 
urgent need to improve the democratic and human rights of the people of Burma.

The House still needs to pass the resolution. The alarming situation is 
Subcommittee Chairman Doug Bereuter brought in an amendment to delete the 
endorsement of U.S. sanctions against the military junta by saying the 
sanctions have been totally ineffective. It is really a dangerous trend 
trying to take off amidst the mounting brutal crack down of the military 
regime on Aung San Suu Kyi and Burmese democratic movement. We are gravely 
concerned of this situation. We feel that corporate lobbying in favor of 
constructive engagement is going too far.

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2) We definitely need to reinstate the sanctions language at the mark up of 
the House International Relations Committee that will be held in a week. 
Please call your Congressperson or ANY Congressperson on the committee to 
let them know that we support a continued strong policy toward Burma and 
that we should NOT delete the language on sanctions.

1) Ask to speak with the Congressperson or their foreign affairs staff.
2) Inform them that you are a constituent.
3) Tell Them What Resolution You Are Talking About: House Concurrent
Resolution #328
4) Tell Them That You Support the Use of Sanctions Against Burma
5) Tell Them that You Want the Resolution to include the original language,
which included languate on sanctions.
6) Say that You Support Aung San Suu Kyi and you hope they do too.  She is
the one who requested the sanctions in the first place.
7) Anything else you want.
8) If they do not answer, leave a message with your phone number and ask
them to return your phone call

Please do not hesitate to call me if you have any questions or concerns, I'm
at 202-387-8030.  Also, please do drop me a note after you have called so we
can get on idea of if the pressure is working or not.

Jeremy Woodrum
FBC
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House International Relations Committee Members
United States House of Representatives

Chairman Benjamin A. Gilman (R-NY) -- Tel: 202-225-3776
Ranking Democratic Member  -- Sam Gejdenson, CT-- Tel: 202-225-2076

Republican Members

William F. Goodling, PA --- 		Tel: 202-225-5836
James A. Leach, IA -- ------- 		Tel: 202-225-6576
Henry J. Hyde, IL -- ---------		Tel: 202-225-4561
Doug Bereuter, NE -- ------- 		Tel: 202-225-4806
Christopher H. Smith, NJ --- 		Tel: 202-225-3765
Dan Burton, IN --------------- 		Tel: 202-225-2276
  Elton Gallegly, CA ----------		Tel: 202-225-5811
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, FL ---- 		Tel: 202-225-3931
Cass Ballenger, NC ---------- 		Tel: 202-225-2576
Dana Rohrabacher, CA ------ 		Tel: 202-225-2415
Donald A. Manzullo, IL ----- 		Tel: 202-225-5676
Edward R. Royce, CA ------- 		Tel: 202-225-4111
Peter T. King, NY ------------ 		Tel: 202-225-7896
Steven J. Chabot, OH -------- 		Tel: 202-225-2216
Marshall "Mark" Sanford, SC-	Tel: 202-225-3176
Matt Salmon, AZ ---------------	Tel: 202-225-2635
Amo Houghton, NY -----------	Tel: 202-225-3161
Tom Campbell, CA ------------	Tel: 202-225-2631
John M. McHugh, NY --------		Tel: 202-225-4611
Kevin Brady, TX --------------		Tel: 202-225-4901
Richard Burr, NC --------------	Tel: 202-225-2071
Paul Gillmor, OH --------------	Tel: 202-225-6405
George P. Radanovich, CA --		Tel: 202-225-4540
John Cooksey, LA ------------		Tel: 202-225-8490
Tom Tancredo, CO -----------		Tel: 202-225-7882

Democratic Members

Tom Lantos, CA -------------		Tel: 202-225-3531
Howard L. Berman, CA -----		Tel: 202-225-4695
Gary L. Ackerman, NY -----		Tel: 202-225-2601
Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, AS -		Tel: 202-225-8577
Matthew G. Martinez, CA ---		Tel: 202-225-5464
Donald M. Payne, NJ ---------		Tel: 202-225-3436
Robert Menendez, NJ --------		Tel: 202-225-7919
Sherrod Brown, OH ----------		Tel: 202-225-3401
Cynthia A. McKinney, GA --		Tel: 202-225-1605
Alcee L. Hastings, FL --------		Tel: 202-225-1313
Pat Danner, MO -------------		Tel: 202-225-7041
Earl F. Hilliard, AL ---------		Tel: 202-225-2665
Brad Sherman, CA ----------		Tel: 202-225-5911
Robert Wexler, FL ----------		Tel: 202-225-3001
Steven R. Rothman, NJ ----		Tel: 202-225-5061
Jim Davis, FL ---------------		Tel: 202-225-3376
Earl Pomeroy, ND ---------		Tel: 202-225-2611
William D. Delahunt, MA --		Tel: 202-225-3111
Gregory W. Meeks, NY -----		Tel: 202-225-3461
Barbara Lee, CA -------------		Tel: 202-225-2661
Joseph Crowley, NY ---------		Tel: 202-225-3965
Joseph M. Hoeffel, PA -------		Tel: 202-225-6111
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