The Farmer Protection Act (FPA) bill was tabledin Senate Conservation on Sunday, but the fight continues.
THANK YOU to everyone for your tenacious effort during the past two years to help get passage of the FPA. The letters and postcards sent to the Governor and legislators, your attendance at hearings and at cancelled hearings, phone calls and more calls, emails, and personal visits to legislators made an impact.
Although it may not seem like it, YOUR VOICES were heard!
During the 2010 session, the FPA passed Indian and Cultural Affairs Committee, was tabled in Judiciary for technicalities, and was tabled in Senate Conservation. A recording of the hearing is available at this link, thanks to Robin Collier of Cultural Energy: http://www.culturalenergy.org/listenlinks.htm
Please send thank you letters to the following legislators for their support this legislative session. Please keep the thank you clear for supporting farmers’ rights – this bill does not ban GE crops. For legislators that did not support the FPA act this year, we will continue to educate them on why the FPA is needed. (Legislators’ addresses at end of email).
Special thanks to • Governor Richardson for his willingness to put a Governor’s message to the bill. • Representative Paul Bandy for carrying the FPA for the Governor in the interim hearing for Water and Natural Resources, and his commitment to carry the bill next year in the House. • Senators Cisco McSorley, Richard Martinez and Stephen Fischmann for their continued outspoken support this year. • Senators John Pinto and Eric Griego for sponsoring and carrying the bill, respectively, in the 2010 Senate.
COMMITTEES with Legislators Who Supported the FPA AND their Addresses:Water and Natural Resources (interim committee): • Representative Paul Bandy (Introduced and carried bill for Gov. Richardson) 388 County Road 2900 Aztec, NM 87410 Indian and Cultural Affairs (ICA): • Senator John Pinto (FPA 2010 Sponsor) Box 163 Tohatchi, NM 87325 • Senator Eric G. Griego (FPA 2010 Carried Bill) 1003 Santa Fe Avenue SW Albuquerque, NM 87102 • Senator Timothy Jennings Box 1797 Roswell, NM 88202-1797 • Senator Lynda Lovejoy Box 705 Crownpoint, NM 87313 • Senator Cisco McSorley (FPA sponsor in 2009) 415 Wellesley Place NE Albuquerque, NM 87106 Judiciary (JUD): • Senator Cisco McSorley (see ICA) • Senator Richard Martinez (FPA co-sponsor in 2009) Box 762 Espanola, NM 87532 • Senator John Ryan 1020 Salamanca NW Albuquerque, NM 87107 Conservation: • Richard Martinez (Second Time, Supported in 2009 – see JUD) • Stephen Fischmann (Second Time, Supported in 2009) Box 2580 Mesilla Park, NM 88047 • John Ryan (Did not support the bill in this committee – see JUD) To support Cultural Energy’s Efforts in recording the hearings and other community events, donate at: http://www.culturalenergy.org/join.htm |
