WE DESERVE A GOVERNMENT THAT BELIEVES IN CLIMATE CRISIS AND SCIENCE
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Background
We deserve to have clean air, healthcare, and jobs. We need a President who believes in the climate crisis, science, and healthcare.
Instead of protecting the air we breathe, Trump and his GOP help corporations profit from damaging our climate. We are living this horrific reality as fires burn in Oregon.
Instead of protecting us from COVID, Trump and his GOP sacrifice our health for their donors’ pockets when they block the COVID help we need in the HEROES Act.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are working to help our communities by focusing on what matters with plans to address climate change and COVID.
Joe and Kamala climate plan makes sure 40% of the overall benefits of spending on clean-energy and infrastructure upgrades go to environmental justice communities.
Joe and Kamala will address COVID on day one: improve testing, increase protective equipment, and help our schools. Their stimulus plan to help us out of the COVID economy includes climate plan and green jobs.
Insist that Congress to help us. Work to make a Biden/Harris administration a reality.
Call on Democrats to use their leverage with must-pass spending bills to pass the HEROES Act
Get Out the Vote for Biden/Harris.
1. Call the Senate.
Script for Sen. Merkley
Portland office: 503-326-3386 | D.C. office: 202-224-3753 I am very worried about the fires here in Oregon and what it will do to those of us already hurting from COVID, lack of healthcare, and job loss. Please use all the leverage you have to pass the HEROES Act. Please make it clear that you will only vote yes on the continuing resolution if the HEROES Act is passed and signed by the President. My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
Script for Sen. Wyden
Portland office: 503-326-7525 | D.C. office: 202-224-5244
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am very worried about the fires here in Oregon and what it will do to those of us already hurting from COVID, lack of healthcare, and job loss. Please use all the leverage you have to pass the HEROES Act. Please make it clear that you will only vote yes on the continuing resolution if the HEROES Act is passed and signed by the President.
2. Call the House.
Script for Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)
Oregon office: 503-469-6010 | DC office: 202-225-0855
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am very worried about the fires here in Oregon and what it will do to those of us already hurting from covid, lack of healthcare, and job loss. Please use all the leverage you have to pass the HEROES Act. Please make it clear that you will only vote yes on the continuing resolution if the HEROES Act is passed and signed by the President.
Script for Greg Walden (OR-02)
Medford office: 541-776-4646 | DC office: 202-225-6730
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. Your constituents are suffering. It is up to you to protect us by insisting the Senate pass and Trump sign the HEROES Act prior to any House vote on the CR.
Script for Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)
Oregon office: 503-231-2300 | DC office: 202-225-4811
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am very worried about the fires here in Oregon and what it will do to those of us already hurting from covid, lack of healthcare, and job loss. Please use all the leverage you have to pass the HEROES Act. Please make it clear that you will only vote yes on the continuing resolution if the HEROES Act is passed and signed by the President.
Script for Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
Eugene office: 541-465-6732 | DC office: 202-225-6416
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am very worried about the fires here in Oregon and what it will do to those of us already hurting from covid, lack of healthcare, and job loss. Please use all the leverage you have to pass the HEROES Act. Please make it clear that you will only vote yes on the continuing resolution if the HEROES Act is passed and signed by the President.
Script for Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Salem office: 503-588-9100 | DC office: 202-225-5711
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am very worried about the fires here in Oregon and what it will do to those of us already hurting from covid, lack of healthcare, and job loss. Please use all the leverage you have to pass the HEROES Act. Please make it clear that you will only vote yes on the continuing resolution if the HEROES Act is passed and signed by the President.
3. Get 2020 Ready.
Oregonians are joining with activists across the country to power a LANDSLIDE democratic victory in November 2020, from the White House to the Senate to the State Houses. Here’s how you can get involved:
Elections Power Hour weekly strategy call. Mondays at 5pm
Call Arizona voters. Thursdays, training at 5pm, calling begins at 5:30
Write letters to voters with Swing Left and Vote Forward. Saturdays 12-2pm
Write postcards to Voters of Color with Reclaim Our Vote. Sundays 3-5pm
Sources:
Biden/Harris Climate plan: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/joe-biden-climate-plan-green-new-deal-1041741/
Biden/Harris Covid Plan: https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a33831703/joe-biden-covid-plan/
Biden/Harris Covid Stimulus Plan Is Their Climate Plan: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/biden-new-climate-change-plan-coronavirus-stimulus-green-new-deal.html
Trump Donors Benefit from COVID Relief: https://apnews.com/00a34243825661313f2cb6a0f6a21720
Trump Greenwashes His Environmental Record: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/us/politics/trump-drilling-environment-florida.html
Oil, Gas, And Coal Tycoons donate to Trump: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2020/06/24/these-are-the-energy-oil-and-gas-billionaires-donating-to-donald-trump/#3b538cbf4922