Credits:  Ann Corcoran

Refugee Settlement Watch

INTRODUCING MORNING TEA

"When you look at the world today,

What is your point of view?"

You know I am hammering the issue of funding for the US Refugee Admissions Program.  LOL! I am going to be a broken record on it this fall!

Obama is going to the United Nations on September 20th for a PR stunt to make the case that the US should admit 200,000 (give or take a few thousand) refugees for FY2017.  The nine federal contractors whose work it is to place them in your towns can’t do it without millions (actually billions!) of your tax dollars.

Congress will deliberate and decide this fall beginning next Wednesday when they get back to work (from a long summer vacation) exactly how much of your money to throw at the refugee program (funding both through the US State Department and Health and Human Services).

Forget Obama, forget Soros, forget the contractors, these should be your targets in the coming weeks…..

If your town gets swamped with needy third worlders and refugees posing a security risk, these elected officials below are to blame!

Republicans control the Congress and that means they control the Appropriations Committees which in turn will make the decision about how many refugees will come to your towns in FY2017 by how much money they appropriate for the federal agencies—Dept. of State and Health and Human Services.

Here are your first targets! Even if you don’t live in the district, but just somewhere in the state, figure out how to get your message to the Republican members of the House Appropriations Committee listed here. Check the Dems too so you know who to yell at (but these are the Rs):

Harold Rogers, Kentucky, Chairman -202-225-4601
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey - 202-225-5034
Robert B. Aderholt, Alabama - 202-225-4876
Kay Granger, Texas - 202-225-5071
Michael K. Simpson, Idaho - 202-225-5531
John Abney Culberson, Texas - 202-225-2571
Ander Crenshaw, Florida - 202-225-2501
John R. Carter, Texas - 202-225-3864
Ken Calvert, California - 202-225-1986
Tom Cole, Oklahoma - 202-225-6165
Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida - 202-225-4211
Charles W. Dent, Pennsylvania - 202-225-6411
Tom Graves, Georgia - 202-225-5211
Kevin Yoder, Kansas - 202-225-2865
Steve Womack, Arkansas - 202-225-4301
Jeff Fortenberry, Nebraska - 202-225-4806
Tom Rooney, Florida - 202-225-5792
Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee - 202-225-3271
Jaime Herrera Beutler, Washington - 202-225-3536
David Joyce, Ohio - 202-225-5731
David Valadao, California - 202-225-4695
Andy Harris, MD, Maryland - 202-225-5311
Martha Roby, Alabama - 202-225-2901
Mark Amodei, Nevada - 202-225-6155
Chris Stewart, Utah - 202-225-9730
Scott Rigell, Virginia - 202-225-4215
David Jolly, Florida -202-225-5961
David Young, Iowa - 202-225-5476
Evan Jenkins, West Virginia - 202-225-3452
Steven Palazzo, Mississippi - 202-225-5772

http://www.house.gov/representatives/

Here are the Republican members of the Senate Appropriations Committee who will decide whether or not to fund Obama’s last refugee wish list:

( I have provided their email links should you wish to send them an email as well.)

Chairman Thad Cochran (Republican – Mississippi)

(202) 224-5054

www.cochran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-me

Senator Mitch McConnell (Republican – Kentucky)

(202)-224-2541

www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=contact

Senator Richard Shelby (Republican – Alabama)

(202) 224-5744

www.shelby.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/emailsenatorshelby

Senator Lamar Alexander (Republican – Tennessee)

(202) 224-4944

www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Email

Senator Susan Collins (Republican – Maine)

(202) 224-2523

www.collins.senate.gov/contact

Senator Lisa Murkowski (Republican – Alaska)

(202) 224-6665

www.murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact

Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican – South Carolina)

(202) 224-5972

www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-senator-gr...

Senator Mark Kirk (Republican – Illinois)

(202) 224-2854 

www.kirk.senate.gov/?p=contact

Senator Roy Blunt (Republican – Missouri)

(202) 224-5721

: www.blunt.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-roy

Senator Jerry Moran (Republican – Kansas)

(202) 224-6521 

www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-jerry

Senator John Hoeven (Republican – North Dakota)

(202) 224-2551 

www.hoeven.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-the-senator

Senator John Boozman (Republican – Arkansas)

(202) 224-4843 

www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact

Senator Shelley Moore Capito (Republican – West Virginia)

(202) 224-6472

www.capito.senate.gov/contact/contact-shelley

Senator Bill Cassidy (Republican – Louisiana)

(202) 224-5824 

www.cassidy.senate.gov/contact

Senator James Lankford (Republican – Oklahoma)

(202) 224-5754

: www.lankford.senate.gov/contact/email

Senator Steve Daines (Republican – Montana)

(202) 224-2651 

www.daines.senate.gov/connect/email-steve

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

And, don’t forget Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell (who you see has an even more powerful role in your town’s future as both Majority Leader and second in seniority on the Appropriations Committee).

Ryan, Paul:   202-225-3031

www.paul.senate.gov/connect/email-rand

McConnell, Mitch:  202-224-2541

www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=contact

For future reference this information is available on the main page of the website at:
www.fctpcommunity.org

"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." Frederick Douglass