Email from Childrens Health Defense The House Committee meets on Tuesday ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏     Dear John, This is urgent. The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee is scheduled to meet this Tuesday, July 22 to vote on the Appropriations Bill which contains extremely troubling provisions quietly added into the proposed legislation. These provisions are designed to shield the chemical industry from liability from harms to farmers and consumers while restricting the Environmental Protection Administration’s (EPA) ability to protect citizens from harmful exposures. Section 453 was added to the bill to block the government from taking action on health concerns if they differ in any way from the EPA’s most recent health assessments, however outdated and inadequate they may be. The EPA and other agencies would be required to perform new assessments that could take four to 12 years even if new science shows harm and even if the original assessment was found to be based on fraud. If passed, Section 453 will strip farmers and consumers from their ability to seek damages against chemical manufacturers from injuries and death when these companies fail to disclose potential harms occurring from exposure to their products. Section 507 drastically reduces the EPA’s ability to protect consumers from PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), the manmade “forever chemicals” that have profound negative implications upon human health including cancer, hormone disruption, liver and thyroid problems, reproductive harm, and abnormal fetal development. American citizens need more transparency and accountability, not less as the passage of the Appropriations Bill in its current state will ensure. Please use the button below TODAY to email your representative to tell them to act to remove Sections 453 and 507 from the Bill. Email Your Representative Consider also calling members of the Appopriations Committee directly, especially if one of them is your representative. Their phone numbers are below. It’s urgent that you act now to prevent granting liability protection to chemical companies, allowing them to harm consumers with no chance of being held accountable. Thank you for taking action. The Children's Health Defense Team   House Appropriations Committee Members FIND YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AL - Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL-4) - (202) 225-4876 AL - Rep. Dale Strong (R-AL-5) - (202) 225-4801 AR - Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR-3) - (202) 225-4301 AZ - Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6) - (202) 225-2542 CA - Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA-41) - (202) 225-1986 CA - Rep. David Valadao (R-CA-22) - (202) 225-4695 CA - Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33) - (202) 225-3201 CA - Rep. Josh Harder (D-CA-09) - (202) 225-4540 CA - Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA-49) - (202) 225-3906 CA - Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA-35) - (202) 225-6161 CT - Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) - (202) 225-3661 FL - Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26) - (202) 225-4211 FL - Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL-18) - (202) 225-1252 FL - Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL-5) - (202) 225-2501 FL - Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL-22) - (202) 225-9890 FL - Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25) - (202) 225-7931 GA - Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA-9) - (202) 225-9893 GA - Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA-02) - (202) 225-3631 HI - Rep. Ed Case (D-HI-01) - (202) 225-2726 IA - Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2) - (202) 225-2911 ID - Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID-2) - (202) 225-5531 IL - Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL-05) - (202) 225-4061 IL - Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) - (202) 225-2976 IN - Rep. Frank Mrvan (D-IN-01) - (202) 225-2461 KY - Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY-5) - (202) 225-4601 LA - Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA-5) - (202) 225-8490 MD - Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD-1) - (202) 225-5311 MD - Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD-05) - (202) 225-4131 MD - Rep. Glen Ivey (D-MD-04) - (202) 225-8699 ME - Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME-01) - (202) 225-6116 MI - Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI-2) - (202) 225-3561 MN - Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN-04) - (202) 225-6631 MO - Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO-4) - (202) 225-2876 MS - Rep. Michael Guest (R-MS-3) - (202) 225-5031 MT - Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT-1) - (202) 225-5628 NC - Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11) - (202) 225-6401 NJ - Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12) - (202) 225-5801 NV - Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV-2) - (202) 225-6155 NV - Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV-03) - (202) 225-3252 NY - Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY-1) - (202) 225-3826 NY - Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13) - (202) 225-4365 NY - Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY-06) - (202) 225-2601 NY - Rep. Joseph Morelle (D-NY-25) - (202) 225-3615 OH - Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH-14) - (202) 225-5731 OH - Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09) - (202) 225-4146 OK - Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK-5) - (202) 225-2132 OK - Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK-4) - (202) 225-6165 PA - Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14) - (202) 225-2065 PA - Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA-04) - (202) 225-4731 SC - Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC-06) - (202) 225-3315 TN - Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN-3) - (202) 225-3271 TX - Rep. John Carter (R-TX-31) - (202) 225-3864 TX - Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX-27) - (202) 225-7742 TX - Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6) - (202) 225-2002 TX - Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23) - (202) 225-4511 TX - Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) - (202) 225-1640 TX - Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16) - (202) 225-4831 UT - Rep. Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2) - (202) 225-9730 VA - Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA-6) - (202) 225-5431 WA - Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4) - (202) 225-5816 WA - Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-03) - (202) 225-3536 WI - Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI-02) - (202) 225-2906 WV - Rep. 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