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Thank these members of Congress!!

November 21, 2024 By Bob Kinsey

On November 13th, ten members of Congress participated in a powerful “Special Orders session” on the House floor, led by Representative Jim McGovern (MA-2). During this session, the members who participated highlighted the escalating threat of nuclear weapons and advocated for bold solutions like House Resolution 77 and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

The members of congress who participated, in addition to Rep. McGovern included: Rep. Chellie Pingree (ME-1), Rep. Jim Foster (IL-11), Rep. Garamendi (CA-8), Rep. Don Beyer (VA-8), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Rep. Delia Ramirez (IL-3), Re. Dina Titus (NV-1) and Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-12).

Our three Bay Area delegation Representatives, Lee, Garamendi and DeSaulnier demonstrated remarkable leadership in addressing this critical issue. Their voice is helping to advance the conversation about nuclear disarmament and the urgent need to eliminate these catastrophic weapons.

We encourage you to take a moment today to thank any and all of the representatives who participated, but especially if you live in one of the member’s district! These members deserve some accolades and attention for their outspoken leadership displayed by participating in the Special Order session and for being cosponsors of H.Res. 77. A simple call or email can make a big difference in reinforcing the importance of their efforts and encouraging them to continue championing this cause.

Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-12)
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10)
Rep. Garamendi (CA-8)
Rep. Jim McGovern (MA-2)
Rep. Chellie Pigree (ME-1)
Rep. Jim Foster (IL-11)
Rep. Don Beyer (VA-8)
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-12)
Rep. Delia Ramirez (IL-3)
Re. Dina Titus (NV-1)

Feel free to use this sample message as a template for a personalized email or phone call:
“Thank you for your leadership on nuclear disarmament, including your remarks during the recent Special Orders session on nuclear weapons. Your commitment to addressing this urgent threat inspires hope, and I am proud to have you representing our district. I also deeply appreciate your decision to cosponsor H.Res. 77, demonstrating your steadfast commitment to reducing the danger posed by nuclear weapons. Please continue advocating for this resolution and other efforts to address this critical issue.”

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Disarmament Quotes

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Kenneth BainbridgeDeputy Director Manhatten Project

“Everything I did at Kings Bay was a result of my faith and my commitment to challenge the idols whose only purpose is to destroy human life on an unimaginable scale. I went to Kings Bay to use my body to refuse to bow down to these idols. I went to try to bring attention to the idolatry that it is requiring of our nation and its people. I went in a spirit of prayer and repentance. I went in hope that this witness might invite other people to reflect on the obscenity and on the idolatry that it is before God.”

Liz McAlisterKings Bay Protestor 2019

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending he sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children...This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the cloud of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron." --spoken to the American Society of Newspaper Editors 1953

Dwight EisenhowerUS President 1953-1961

We are prone to self-righteousness if we call ourselves peacemakers, and yet do not perceive how the peace issue cuts through all the economic and social issues that we often try to keep separate. If the race for nuclear arms is encouraged by our fear of losing the affluent ways of life that we have taken for granted, then we must see how our fears and desires have left so many other human beings naked and hungry.

Malsolm Warford"The Church's Role in a Nuclear Age

A world free of the threat of nuclear weapons is necessarily a world devoid of nuclear weapons…. Nuclear weapons pose an intolerable threat to humanity and our habitat…. Others subscribe to Churchill’s assertion ‘Peace is the sturdy child of terror.’ For me, such a peace is a wretched offspring, a peace that condemns us to live under a dark cloud of perpetual anxiety, a peace that codifies mankind’s most murderous instincts….The beast must be chained, its soul expunged, its lair laid waste.

General Lee ButlerFormer Commander, Strategic Air Command, April 28, 1996

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