With the help of Grangers nationwide, the National Grange convinced the House Committee on Agriculture to consider and pass HCR 424. This House Concurrent Resolution states that by January 1, 2025 at least 25 percent of domestic energy needs should be generated from domestic renewable resources while continuing to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber.
HCR 424, dubbed 25 x ’25, is co-sponsored by Congressmen Bob Goodlatte (Virginia) and Collin Peterson (Minnesota) and is intended to increase domestic energy production, thus reducing our dependence on imported fuel. General Motors, Food, and Daimler Chrysler have signed a joint letter to Members of Congress urging them to co-sponsor the Congressional resolution.
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is also considering HCR 424. Please contact the members of this Committee and ask them to vote in favor of HCR 424 before the end of this Congressional Session. Members of the Committee are as follows:
Energy and Commerce Members for the 109th Congress |
Joe Barton, TX ,
Chairman
Ralph M. Hall, TX
Michael Bilirakis, FL ,
Vice Chairman
Fred Upton, MI
Cliff Stearns, FL
Paul E. Gillmor, OH
Nathan Deal, GA
Ed Whitfield, KY
Charlie Norwood, GA
Barbara Cubin, WY
John Shimkus, IL
Heather Wilson, NM
John B. Shadegg, AZ
Charles "Chip" Pickering, MS ,
Vice Chairman
Vito Fossella, NY
Roy Blunt, MO
Steve Buyer, IN
George Radanovich, CA
Charles F. Bass, NH
Joseph R. Pitts, PA
Mary Bono, CA
Greg Walden, OR
Lee Terry, NE
Mike Ferguson, NJ
Mike Rogers, MI
C.L. "Butch" Otter, ID
Sue Myrick, NC
John Sullivan, OK
Tim Murphy, PA
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John D. Dingell, MI ,
Ranking Member
Henry A. Waxman, CA
Edward J. Markey, MA
Rick Boucher, VI
Edolphus Towns, NY
Frank Pallone Jr., NJ
Sherrod Brown, OH
Bart Gordon, TN
Bobby L. Rush, IL
Anna G. Eshoo, CA
Bart Stupak, MI
Eliot L. Engel, NY
Albert R. Wynn, MD
Gene Green, TX
Ted Strickland, OH
Diana DeGette, CO
Lois Capps, CA
Mike Doyle, PA
Tom Allen, ME
Jim Davis, FL
Jan Schakowsky, IL
Hilda L. Solis, CA
Charles A. Gonzalez, TX
Jay Inslee, WA
Tammy Baldwin, WI
Mike Ross, AR
Michael Burgess, TX
Marsha Blackburn, TN |
Action Needed
Please e-mail the members of the Committee on Energy and Commerce urging them to consider HCR 424 before the end of this session of Congress. If you do not know the necessary e-mail addresses please click here to find them. Please feel free to cut and paste the following sample letter.
Sample E-mail:
Dear Representative ______________.
I am urging the Committee on Energy and Commerce to consider passage of HCR 424. This concurrent resolution, which has already passed the Committee on Agriculture, states that by January 1, 2025 at least 25 percent of domestic energy needs should be generated from domestic renewable resources while continuing to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber.
Accelerated development and use of renewable energy technologies will provide numerous benefits to the United States, including improved national security, improved balance of payments, healthier rural economies, improved environmental quality, and abundant, reliable, and affordable energy for all citizens of the United States. Please enact HCR 424 to promote domestic energy production.
Sincerely,
(Signature)
(Name)_________________
(Grange name and number) ________________
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