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NEW : SEE CONGRESSMAN MICHAUD PAGE FARM BILL PASSES
NEW, ALERT , ALERT : IMPORTANT SCROLL DOWN TO CONTACTING YOUR CONGRESSMAN & U.S. SENATORS, WE NEED AN IMMEDIATE & RESOUNDING CALL WAVE TO THEIR OFFICES. TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW AND TELL THEM TO PASS IT ON AS WELL ! Also Check Our Legislators letters Page For New letters.
NEW IMPORTANT ALERT FOR ALL TRUCKERS:
SEE THE " TRUCC ACT " PAGE... BILL TO GIVE FUEL SURCHARGES DIRECTLY TO THOSE TRANSPORTING THE GOODS.......OOIDA NATIONWIDE CALL TO ACTION
IMPORTANT INFO ON THE RETURN OF SALES TAX ON PARTS & SUPPLIES FOR THE FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.... LIMITED TIME .....LIMITED AMOUNT ... SEE SALES TAX PAGE
NEW UPDATE: Trucking Company Head , the Coalition & Independent Truckers met with Congressman Michael Michaud, Friday, May 9th, 2008 in his Bangor, Maine office. SEE Congressman Michaud Page
DC RALLY HUGE SUCCESS FOR MAINE TRUCKS, LEGISLATORS, AND CITIZENS ... Photos posted, more to come. Check News Articles Links for more. Thank you to all our sponsors!
The following information was obtained by the Coalition in route to the DC Rally or in DC while meeting individually with U.S. Senators and their transportation heads :
NEW : Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; Nancy Pelsoi wrote President Bush on April 22nd, 2008 . She very clearly described what high fuel prices are doing to American families and businesses. In addition she then asked him to work with Congress to allow the Justice Department to pursue oil cartel price-fixing, allow the Federal Trade Commssion the authority to investigate and punish price gougers, end taxpayer subsidies to Big Oil and invest those funds in renewable American energy. Lastly to use the authority given to it by Congress to end market manipulation. Stating , " We can not wait to act on these price increases. " She asked that he ( President Bush ) work with Congress to get the following pieces of legislation, which have already passed the U.S. House , to his desk for his signature : The No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels ( NOPEC) Act - HR 2264 , The Energy Price Gouging Act - H.R. 1252, The Renewable Energy and Enegry Conservation Act of 2008- H.R. 5351 and the Market Manipulation Provisions in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which makes it unlawful for any person to take manipulative action or report false information on the wholesale price of gasoline or petroleum and requires the Federal Trade Commission to enforce and punish those found guilty of such actions. ( In addition she stated that the President's Administartion's efforts to persuade OPEC to increase their oil production to bring prices down, has failed even in the face of his considerable influenece over OPEC nations ). She urged President Bush to work with the New Direction Congress, as leadership and to help them address the skyrocketing prices at the pump.
Office of the Speaker
H-232, US Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-0100
NEW: On April 24th, 2008 , Congressman Tom Allen called on the U.S. Department of Justice's Hon. Michael B. Mukasey to launch an immediate investigation into oil future's speculation and those who may be the fueling force behind it.
NEW LEGISLATION PROPOSED
Last night U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced legislation which will require that 100 percent of fuel surcharges paid by shippers be passed through to whoever actually pays for the fuel to haul the shipper's goods, obviously in most cases that's truckers.
S. 2910, the "Trust in Reliable Understanding of Consumer Costs Act" or "TRUCC Act" will ensure that middlemen will no longer be able to skim or pocket fuel surcharges that should be going to truckers. Senators Snowe and Brown worked closely with OOIDA on this legislation.
Please call the offices of your 2 Senators to ask them to support S.2910. Ask your Senators to commit their support for S. 2910 by signing on as cosponsors of the bill.
The legislation was just introduced so the Senators and their staff may not yet be familiar with the bill; this may be a great opportunity for you to educate them on fuel surcharges and the trucking industry.
To contact your 2 Senators, call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121, provide the operator with your home zip code and they will connect you with the offices of your elected representatives.
You are also welcome to call OOIDA at (800) 444-5791. Association staff will be happy to help put you in touch with your elected representatives.
NEW : On April 22nd, 2008 , in the Congressional Record; U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced a ten point plan to address the energey crisis.
1. Stop the purchase of oil to the Strategic petroleum Reserves in this time of crisis.
2.Extend Federal regulation to the oil futures markets.
3.Curtail the tax breaks to big oil industry companies and instead , redirect those funds to consumers and to alternative energy.
4.Fully fund the LHEAP Program.
5. Six steps to long term goals for energy independence.
6. Implement a renewable electricity standard.
7. Invest in cellulosic ethanol and renewable energy fuels.
8.Promote tidal, geothermal, solar and wind energy.
9. Improve vehicle efficiency and alternatives to gasoline.
10.Focus on public transportation in those areas where feasible.
President George Bush in a recent television announcement, addressed Congress as failing to get what he needs to his desk for him to sign.
IT is HIGH TIME that WE ALL wrote, faxed, emailed and called our U.S. Congressmen and Congresswomen and INSISTED they do just that, press the President to sign into law what is needed to rein in high fuel prices and those that are the driving force behind them as well.
CONTACT YOUR U.S. CONGRESSIONAL & U.S. SENATE DELEGATES TODAY... Tell Them To Close The Eron Loophole ( Which Is Part Of The Farm Bill ) and To ELIMINATE the SPECULATIVE OIL TRADE ON THE MARKET.
DO NOT WAIT....... TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR MANY PEOPLE, WE HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME BEFORE THIS SESSION OF CONGRESS ENDS !!!.
DO YOUR PART AND DO IT NOW! CALL & INSIST ON ACTION !
To find your Congressional delegates go to :
www.house.gov : Click on the representatives web box in the top , middle of this screen , scroll down and find your Congressman's name and click on his name to get to his webpage with his/her email, address and phone/fax numbers.
FOR MAINE : Congressman Tom Allen : DC : 202-225-6116 ME : 774-5019
Congressman Michael Michaud : DC 202-225-2943 ME : 942-6935
U.S. Senator Snowe DC : 202-224-5344 1-800-432-1599 ME : 874-0883
U.S. Senator Collins DC : 202-224-2523 ME : 945-0417
Setting The Agenda In The U.S. House:
Nancy Pelosi Office of the Speaker
H-232, US Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-0100
Setting The Agenda In The U.S. Senate :
Washington, D.C. Office:
U.S. Senator Harry Reed
528 Hart Senate Office Building SH-528
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia 20510-2803
Phone: (202) 224-3542
Fax: (202) 224-7327
A Prayer : 
Dear God , bless our ventures, give us each the strength to endure and
bring about positive successes. Lead us to those we must work with to
begin to make a difference. When we find them may our voices be your
voice and may the ears of those we need to help us be your ears. May we
then go forward and do your work, together. To you be the glory!
Amen.
Belinda Raymond
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