TAKE ACTION: Please make one final push to protect Oregon farmers from GE contamination! Contact Speaker Kotek and Chair Williamson and the members of the House Rules Committee and ask them to Support HB 2739-1.
See below for templates that you can copy, paste and personalize, as well as a powerful Letter to the Editor that can be attached to your email.
TEMPLATE #1 to send to Chair Williamson and Members of the House Rules Committee:
Addresses:
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Dear Chair Williamson and Members of the House Rules Committee:
My name is [YOUR NAME] and [WHY YOU SUPPORT THE BILL. EXAMPLE: I support protections for Oregon farmers from genetically engineered (GE) contamination.]
Please support HB 2739-1 by scheduling a House Rules Committee work session for this bill. There is support for this bill in the House and the Senate.
HB 2739-1 - Protect Oregon’s Agriculture
Over the past decade, repeated episodes of contamination by genetically engineered (GE) plants have cost U.S. farmers billions of dollars. The Legislature needs to act to:
- Hold patent holders responsible for contamination events — not pit farmer against farmer. HB 2739-1 will do so!
- Protect high-value crops in Oregon, such as specialty seed, wheat and alfalfa, which have been put at significant risk by GE contamination.
- Protect communities from the unwanted presence of invasive GE weeds, such as Creeping Bentgrass, now de-regulated and spreading in Malheur and Jefferson counties.
The text of HB 2739-1 is here: https://olis.leg.state.or.us/…/Down…/ProposedAmendment/11602
While I hope that this legislation will not need to be used, it is high time that there are protections from one-way, and often irreversible, GE contamination. Attached is a recent Letter to the Editor that highlights the real-time need for protection from from GE contamination in Oregon.
Most sincerely,
[YOUR NAME]
TEMPLATE #2 to send to Speaker Kotek:
Address: [email protected]
Dear Speaker Kotek:
My name is [YOUR NAME] and [WHY YOU SUPPORT THE BILL. EXAMPLE: I support protections for Oregon farmers from genetically engineered (GE) contamination.]
Please support HB 2739-1 by requesting a work session in House Rules and a vote on the floor. There is support for this bill in the House and the Senate.
HB 2739-1 - Protect Oregon’s Agriculture
Over the past decade, repeated episodes of contamination by genetically engineered (GE) plants have cost U.S. farmers billions of dollars. The Legislature needs to act to:
- Hold patent holders responsible for contamination events — not pit farmer against farmer. HB 2739-1 will do so!
- Protect high-value crops in Oregon, such as specialty seed, wheat and alfalfa, which have been put at significant risk by GE contamination.
- Protect communities from the unwanted presence of invasive GE weeds, such as Creeping Bentgrass, now de-regulated and spreading in Malheur and Jefferson counties.
The text of HB 2739-1 is here.
While I hope that this legislation will not need to be used, it is high time that there are protections from one-way, and often irreversible, GE contamination. Attached is a recent Letter to the Editor that highlights the real-time need for protection from from GE contamination in Oregon.
Most sincerely,
[YOUR NAME]
If you prefer to make phone calls, please see the list below:
House Rules committee members:
Chair - House Democratic Leader Jennifer Williamson
[email protected]
503-986-1436
Vice-Chair - House Republican Leader Mike McLane
[email protected]
503-986-1400
Vice-Chair - Representative Dan Rayfield
[email protected]
503-986-1416
Representative Greg Barreto
[email protected]
503-986-1458
Representative Jodi Hack
[email protected]
503-986-1419
Representative Paul Holvey
[email protected]
503-986-1408
Representative Bill Kennemer
[email protected]
503-986-1439
Representative Rob Nosse
[email protected]
503-986-1442
Representative Barbara Smith Warner
[email protected]
503-986-1445
House Speaker Tina Kotek:
[email protected]
503-986-1200