Post by basicpatrick848 on Apr 1, 2009 13:37:37 GMT -4
To all MBBA members.
As many of us know, what happens in other places ends up affecting our beach driving access here in MA. Many are also aware that a law suit and forced settlement has the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and surrounding communities in a dire economic situation.
The following is an update to the effort to pass a bill in the US Congress to reverse the judge's opinion and set aside the forced settlement.. The folloing informaiton is taken from a recent issue of NCBBA News:
………We are making progress on the repeal of the Consent Decree and need everyone’s help!!
H.R. 718: To reinstate the Interim Management Strategy governing off-road vehicle use in the Cape Hatteras... in 2 days our legislators got the bill in and out of the National Resources Committee and it’s now in the Courts and Competition committee. (That’s good)
If you really want the beaches open then call the legislator and explain that this is NOT a development vs. environment issue. This is a Recreation vs. Segregation issue.
Access to our lands and all the activities it provides has been stripped form us. The Judge had no right to act on the pseudo-science justifications of a fringe element interest group to restrict recreational access to a National RECREATIONAL Park. It's a recreational park, created for the purpose of outdoor activities, and it is not and never has been a wild life refuge, that's why we have Pea Island. All Hatteras Island villages and Ocracoke Island depend on this National Recreational Park being open to (humans) the public. The economic engine of these islands is tourism and the loss of this tourism will spell disaster for the residents. From the beginning….access to the beaches was promised by the National Park Service.
Here is a list of all the members and numbers you'll need:
Information on
House Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy
Contact Information
Majority (Democrats)
Minority (Republicans)
Committee Office:
Rayburn House Office Building 2138
Rayburn House Office Building B-351C
Committee Phone:
202-225-3951
202-225-5741
Committee FAX:
202-225-3673
Committee Email:
Not Currently Available (Entire Committee)
Committee WWW Homepage:
judiciary.house.gov/about/subcommittee.html (Entire Committee)
Parent Committee:
House Committee on the Judiciary
Majority Members (Democrats)
Member Name
DC Phone
DC FAX
Hank Johnson (D-GA) [Chairman]
202-225-1605
202-226-0691
John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)
202-225-5126
202-225-0072
Rick Boucher (D-VA)
202-225-3861
202-225-0442
Robert Wexler (D-FL)
202-225-3001
202-225-5974
Charles A. Gonzalez (D-TX)
202-225-3236
202-225-1915
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)
202-225-3816
202-225-3317
Melvin L. Watt (D-NC)
202-225-1510
202-225-1512
Brad Sherman (D-CA)
202-225-5911
202-225-5879
Minority Members (Republicans)
Member Name
DC Phone
DC FAX
Howard Coble (R-NC) [Ranking Member]
202-225-3065
202-225-8611
Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)
202-225-7751
202-225-5629
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI)
202-225-5101
202-225-3190
Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
202-225-5431
202-225-9681
Darrell Issa (R-CA)
202-225-3906
202-225-3303
Gregg Harper (R-MS)
202-225-5031
202-225-5797
As many of us know, what happens in other places ends up affecting our beach driving access here in MA. Many are also aware that a law suit and forced settlement has the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and surrounding communities in a dire economic situation.
The following is an update to the effort to pass a bill in the US Congress to reverse the judge's opinion and set aside the forced settlement.. The folloing informaiton is taken from a recent issue of NCBBA News:
………We are making progress on the repeal of the Consent Decree and need everyone’s help!!
H.R. 718: To reinstate the Interim Management Strategy governing off-road vehicle use in the Cape Hatteras... in 2 days our legislators got the bill in and out of the National Resources Committee and it’s now in the Courts and Competition committee. (That’s good)
If you really want the beaches open then call the legislator and explain that this is NOT a development vs. environment issue. This is a Recreation vs. Segregation issue.
Access to our lands and all the activities it provides has been stripped form us. The Judge had no right to act on the pseudo-science justifications of a fringe element interest group to restrict recreational access to a National RECREATIONAL Park. It's a recreational park, created for the purpose of outdoor activities, and it is not and never has been a wild life refuge, that's why we have Pea Island. All Hatteras Island villages and Ocracoke Island depend on this National Recreational Park being open to (humans) the public. The economic engine of these islands is tourism and the loss of this tourism will spell disaster for the residents. From the beginning….access to the beaches was promised by the National Park Service.
Here is a list of all the members and numbers you'll need:
Information on
House Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy
Contact Information
Majority (Democrats)
Minority (Republicans)
Committee Office:
Rayburn House Office Building 2138
Rayburn House Office Building B-351C
Committee Phone:
202-225-3951
202-225-5741
Committee FAX:
202-225-3673
Committee Email:
Not Currently Available (Entire Committee)
Committee WWW Homepage:
judiciary.house.gov/about/subcommittee.html (Entire Committee)
Parent Committee:
House Committee on the Judiciary
Majority Members (Democrats)
Member Name
DC Phone
DC FAX
Hank Johnson (D-GA) [Chairman]
202-225-1605
202-226-0691
John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)
202-225-5126
202-225-0072
Rick Boucher (D-VA)
202-225-3861
202-225-0442
Robert Wexler (D-FL)
202-225-3001
202-225-5974
Charles A. Gonzalez (D-TX)
202-225-3236
202-225-1915
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)
202-225-3816
202-225-3317
Melvin L. Watt (D-NC)
202-225-1510
202-225-1512
Brad Sherman (D-CA)
202-225-5911
202-225-5879
Minority Members (Republicans)
Member Name
DC Phone
DC FAX
Howard Coble (R-NC) [Ranking Member]
202-225-3065
202-225-8611
Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)
202-225-7751
202-225-5629
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI)
202-225-5101
202-225-3190
Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
202-225-5431
202-225-9681
Darrell Issa (R-CA)
202-225-3906
202-225-3303
Gregg Harper (R-MS)
202-225-5031
202-225-5797