Congressional Hearing on NAIS

***ACTION ALERT***

WHAT: Congressional Hearing on NAIS

WHEN: Wednesday, March 11

WHERE: Washington, DC

The U.S. House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry will hold a hearing on NAIS on March 11. Bills to put NAIS into law, HR875 and companion Senate S814, are being pushed through Congress, as well as an Appropriations Bill with funding for NAIS. This hearing is critical to blocking mandatory NAIS.

ACTION: Please call and fax all members of the subcommittee (below).

1. When you call, ask to speak to the legislative aide for agriculture. Form a positive relationship with the aide. Become his or her source of knowledge for NAIS. Be RESPECTFUL and POLITE. Remember, who would the aide rather speak with, someone who is courteous or someone angry and resentful?

2. Please send this to everyone you know, ESPECIALLY to people in the states with members on the subcommittee. Members need to hear from their constituents--the people who vote them into office.

If you are in one of these states, please arrange a meeting with the district representative of the Congressman. That makes a big difference. We need to be real people to the legislators, so that when they think "farm" or "food" they think of us, not Monsanto, Cargill, Tyson, etc...

(NOTE: The colors are for easier reading. They have no political meaning).

State	Party/Dist	Representative	Phone	Fax	Website email form
AL	R-13	Mike Rogers	202.225.3261	202.226.8485	http://www.house.gov/mike-rogers/contact.shtml
CA	D-18	Dennis Cardoza	202.225.6131 800-356-6424	(202) 225-0819	http://www.house.gov/cardoza/contact.shtml
CA	D-20	Jim Costa	202-225-3341	(202) 225-9308	http://www.costa.house.gov/
CA	D-43	Joe Baca	(202)225-6161	(202)225-8671	http://www.house.gov/baca/zipauth.shtml
CO	D-4	Betsy Markey,	(202) 225-4676	(202) 225-5870	https://forms.house.gov/betsymarkey/contact-form.shtml
GA	D-13	David Scott (Chair)	(202) 225-2939	(202) 225-4628	http://davidscott.house.gov/Contact/
IA	D-3	Leonard Boswell	(202) 225-3806	(202) 225-5608	http://boswell.house.gov/messageform.htm
IA	R-5	Steve King	202.225.4426	202.225.3193	http://www.house.gov/steveking/email.shtm
ID	D-1	Walt Minnick	(202) 225-6611	(202) 225-3029	https://forms.house.gov/minnick/tours.shtml
MD	D-1	Frank Kratovil, Jr.	(202) 225-5311	(202) 225-0254	https://forms.house.gov/kratovil/contact-form.shtml
NE	R-3	Adrian Smith	(202) 225-6435	(202) 225-0207	http://www.house.gov/formadriansmith/issues_subscribe.htm
PA	D-17	Tim Holden	(202) 225-5546	(202) 226-0996	http://www.holden.house.gov/contactform_zipcheck.shtml
TN	R-1	David P. Roe	(202) 225-6356	(202) 225-5714	https://forms.house.gov/roe/invite-request-form.shtml
TX	R-11	K. Michael Conaway	(202) 225-3605	(202) 225-1783	http://conaway.house.gov/
TX	R-19	Randy Neugebauer, Ranking Minority Member	(202) 225-4005 (888) 763-1611	(202) 225-9615	http://randy.house.gov/?sectionid=8&sectiontree=8
VA	R-6	Bob Goodlatte,	(202) 225-5431	(202) 225-9681	http://www.house.gov/goodlatte/emailbob.htm
WI	D-8	Steve Kagen,	(202) 225-5665	(202) 225-5729	http://kagen.house.gov/contact.shtml

For more information, or if you need help in this process, please contact us:

Doreen Hannes	animalwaitress@yahoo.com	(417) 962-0030
Sharon Sabo	muttipie@htc.net	(618) 458-7745
Sue Dederich	suediederich@comcast.net	(847) 873-0251
Sharon Zecchinelli	henwhisperer@gmail.com	(802) 933-6709
Liz Reitzig	liz.reitzig@verizon.net	(301) 807.5063
Deborah Stockton	nicfa@earthlink.net	(434) 295.7176

Yours for freedom,

Deborah Stockton, Executive Director

National Independent Consumers and Farmers Association (NICFA)

nicfa@earthlink.net

http://www.nicfa.org

Our purpose is to promote and preserve unregulated direct farmer-to-consumer trade

that fosters availability of locally grown or home-produced food products.

NICFA opposes any government funded or managed National Animal Identification System.