roundtable: Elimination of NTIA

roundtable: Elimination of NTIA

Elimination of NTIA

Patrice McDermott (patricem@rtk.net)
Mon, 11 Sep 95 13:49:06 EDT 

Date: Mon, 11 Sep 95 13:49:06 EDT
From: Patrice McDermott <patricem@rtk.net>
Subject: Elimination of NTIA
To: Indigenous Environmental Network <ien@igc.apc.org>, ebpl@shrsys.hslc.org,
Message-Id: <Chameleon.950911140214.patrice@patrice.rtknet.org>


As all of you are surely aware by now, the Senate Govt. Affairs 
Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee voted, on Thursday, to 
eliminate all but the international trade portions of NTIA and to rescind 
all TIIAP monies. The full Appropriations Committee is likely to vote on 
this today, with a full Senate vote tomorrow (Tues. September 12)

For those of us who care about any equity possibilities on the NII, this 
is terrible news.  Please contact your Senators & ask your membership (if 
you have) to contact theirs and let them know this is yet another case of 
gutting an agency that at least attempts outreach to the have-nots to 
benefit the already-haves (and want-mores).  

I have no idea what the possibilities are of stopping this, but it is 
crucial that our voices be heard (and registered--to bolster the President 
to veto).
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Patrice McDermott
patricem@rtk.net
OMB Watch
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Date: 09/11/95   Time: 13:49:06 EDT

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