[Posted on behalf of the Apache Survival Coaltion - For this and other
related information from the Apache Survival Coalition, history, and
background concerning Mt. Graham and other Indigenous issues, check out
Planet Peace, http://www.teleport.com/~amt/planetpeace/ -Andrea]
Apache Survival Coaltion
Box 1237, San Carlos, AZ 85550
520/475-2543
Mt. Graham Rider Update 12/19/95
In a sick twist of irony, telescops on Mt. Graham have eliminated an
AIDS-HIV study that was intended to benefit Native Peoples. Talk about
getting shafted twice...
Here is the text of Amendment No. 178:
"Delete Senate language requiring the Indian Health Service to
prepare a report on HIV-AIDS prevention needs, and insert in lieu
thereof a provision which allows the construction of a third
telescope on Mount Graham, in the Coronado National Forest,
Arizona to proceed under the terms of the Arizona-Idaho
Conservation Act of 1988."
The Mt. Graham rider was attached to the Interior Approtpriations Bill.
Fortunately, President Clinton vetoed this bill, this morning (12/19/95)
and it is now back in committee. Please call the following memebers and
demand that the Mt. Graham rider be dropped and the Indian HIV-AIDS
prevention study be restored. Call as many as you can but especially call
Regula.
HOUSE Interior Appropriations Committee:
Phone Fax e-mail
Ralph Regula (R-OH),Chair 202-225-3875 202-225-3059 na
Tom Bevill (D-AL) 202-225-4876 202-225-1604 na
Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) 202-225-2542 202-225-0378
jimkolbe@hr.house.gov
David Scaggs (D-CO) 202-225-2161 202-225-9127
scaggs@hr.house.gov
Sidney Yates (D-IL) 202-225-2111 202-225-3493* na
Charles Taylor (R-NC) 202-225-6401 202-225-0519*
chtaylor@hr.house.gov
Joe Skeca (R-NM) 202-225-2365 202-225-9599 na
Barbara Vuncanovich (R-NV) 202-225-6155 202-225-2319 na
Jim Bunn (R-OR) 202-225-5711 202-225-2994 na
Joseph McDade (R-PA) 202-225-3731 202-225-9594 na
Norman Dicks (D-WA) 202-225-5916 202-225-1176* na
George Nethercutt (R-WA) 202-225-2006 202-225-3392 na
Fax not working as of 12/4/95 - call office for update.
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