Contact Your Congressional Representatives
A Call to Action from Shirley Bloomfield, CEO – May 17, 2011
Please voice your concerns with the NBP by contacting your Senators and Representative. Below are sample letters for you to tailor and send so that your members of Congress better understand how this plan will affect their constituents.
Sample letter from a company employee
Sample letter from a company board member
Sample letter from a small business owner
Encourage your state legislators to contact your congressional representatives. Below is a sample letter you can provide to them.
Sample letter from a state legislator
Letter to FCC Chairman from former RUS Administrators James M. Andrew, Wally Beyer and Hilda Legg
Urges the FCC to work closely with RUS to steer USF reform in a direction that will encourage new investment without harming existing taxpayer and private sector investments in rural broadband.
The House and Senate
The following representatives have sent letters to the FCC expressing concern with the NBP. If your representatives have not yet sent a letter, contact them and ask them to weigh in on the NBP's potential negative impact on your telco and the community you serve.
House of Representatives
(alphabetical by state)
| Joint letter - House | Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) |
Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.) |
Tom Cole (R-Okla.) |
Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) |
| Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Ariz.) |
Timothy Johnson (R-Ill.) |
Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) |
Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) |
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| Marion Berry (D-Ark.) |
Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa) |
Sam Graves (R-Mo.) |
Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) |
Individual letters - House |
| John Boozman (R-Ark.) |
Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) |
Blaine Luetkmeyer (R-Mo.) |
Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) |
Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) |
| Mike Ross (D-Ark.) |
Steve King (R-Iowa) |
Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) |
Tim Murhpy (R-Pa.) |
Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) |
| Don Young (R-Ark.) |
Tom Latham (R-Iowa) |
Lee Terry (R-Neb.) |
Lincoln Davis (D-Tenn.) |
Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin (D-S.D.) |
| Christopher Carney (D-Calif.) |
David Loebsack (D-Iowa) |
Howard Coble (R-N.C.) |
Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas) |
Jim Matheson (D-Utah) |
| Bob Filner (D-Calif.) |
Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) |
Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.) |
Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) |
Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) |
| Betsy Markey (D-Colo.) |
Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) |
Bill Owens (D-N.Y.) |
Lamar Smith (D-Texas) |
Ron Kind (D-Wis.) |
| John Salazar (D-Colo.) |
Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) |
Dan Boren (D-Okla.) |
Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) |
Senate
(alphabetical by state)
| Joint letter - Senate | Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) |
Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) |
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) |
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| Mark Begich (D-Alaska) |
Al Franken (D-Minn.) |
James Inhofe (R-Okla.) |
Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) |
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| Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) |
Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) |
Jeffrey Merkley (D-Ore.) |
Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) |
Individual letters - Senate |
| Mark Udall (D-Colo.) |
Max Baucus (D-Mont.) |
Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) |
John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) |
Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) |
| Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) |
Jon Tester (D-Mont.) |
Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) |
Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) | |
| Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) |
Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) |
Robert Bennett (R-Utah) |
Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) |
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