The Action Site to Stop Cassini Earth Flyby
P.O. Box 1999, Wendell Depot, MA 01380 (978)544-7862 info@flybynews.com

Lobbying U.S. Congress for Hearings
on Cassini Earth Flyby

The purpose of this is to give you information to lobby members of U.S. Congress on Science and Space Committees to initiate a Congressional investigation on the risks of the Cassini Earth flyby, which is scheduled for next August 18. A list of these members and their contact information is below.

The flyby is potentially the most dangerous part of the mission. NoFlyby will soon be posting segments of a recently surfaced "Safety Evaluation Report" on Cassini for The White House by the U.S. government's Interagency Nuclear Safety Review Panel that included NASA. The report states that the Cassini "flyby" accident could cause "several tens of thousands of latent cancer fatalities worldwide." Independent scientists say casualties could be even higher.

Your help to influence one Member of Congress can begin the process of reviewing and exposing the risks of the Cassini Earth flyby. Why is Congress and the public more interested by illicit sex affairs than what threatens the health of billions of people? This is the time for us to act. We have time to let our voice be heard before 6/24/99 when NASA plans to propel Cassini's final swingby of Venus to accelerate toward Earth at record flyby speeds, 42,000 mph (68,000 km) with 72 pounds (32,8 kg) of the deadliest material on Earth on board. This is madness! Taking such risks are unacceptable. NoFlyby proposes that Congress consider the advice given by Dr. Michio Kaku, to have the Cassini probe sent into the sun where it would be destroyed. We need your help to make this message heard.

Peace in space,
Joe McIntire and Jonathan Haber
NoFlyby Coordinators

In lobbying Congress NoFlyby proposes the following suggestions:

  1. call first and ask for the aide responsible for the space committee. Write down their name and extension number (to follow-up on your call in the future), confirm their fax number and tell them your thoughts about the urgency and importance of Congress investigating the risks of the Cassini Earth flyby soon, before June 24, 1999. Use any of the NoFlyby site postings to support your claims. To send your fax free from an e-mail, check http://china.syr.edu/fax/faxbyemail.html for instructions.

  2. send a hard copy of your fax to the member of Congress and to the attention of their aide.

  3. gather new information, call again and ask if the member has any response to your request. Suggest that the aide review the NoFlyby website. Try to get them on your side, be persistent and respectful.

  4. send copies or reports of your lobbying to noflyby and let us know if a complimentary copy of the video, "Nukes in Space" or the "Wrong Stuff" book by Karl Grossman, should be sent to any of your contacts. "Nukes in Space 2 - Unacceptable Risks" will be available by late October.

  5. try to recruit others to help with lobbying, pass around this message and the Plutonium NoFlyby Statement, and Dr. Earl Budin's report, and help us unite with other organizations to be more effective.

  6. take this campaign in stride, do what you can and know that our efforts are cumulative.

U.S. SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SPACE

428 Hart Senate Office Building (Majority)
Phone: (202)224-8172 Fax: (202)228-0326

558 Dirksen Senate Office Building (Minority)
Ph. (202)224-0411 Fax: Not Available

Parent Committee:
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Majority Party Members (Republicans):

The Honorable Bill Frist
United States Senate
565 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-3344
Fax: 202-228-1264

The Honorable Conrad Burns
United States Senate
187 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-2644
Fax: 202-224-8594

The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison
283 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-5922
Fax: 202-224-0776

The Honorable Ted Stevens
United States Senate
522 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-3004
Fax: 202-224-2354

The Honorable Spencer Abraham
United States Senate
329 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-4822
Fax: 202-224-8834

Minority Party Members (Democrats and Independents):

The Honorable Jay Rockefeller
United States Senate
531 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-6472
Fax: 202-224-7665

The Honorable John Robert Kerry
United States Senate
421 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-2742
Fax: 202-224-8525

The Honorable Richard Bryan
United States Senate
269 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-6244
Fax: 202-224-1867

The Honorable Byron Dorgan
United States Senate
713 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-2551
Fax: 202-224-1193

U.S. Congress Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics

Capitol Switchboard - - - 202-224-3121
Dana Rohrabacher, California, Chairman

Republican Members (14):

Joe Barton, Texas
The Honorable Joe Barton (R)
US House of Representatives
6th Congressional District
Rm. 2264 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2002
Fax: (202) 225-3052

Ken Calvert, California
The Honorable Ken Calvert (R)
US House of Representatives -
43rd Congressional District
Washington, DC 20515

Roscoe G. Bartlett, Maryland
The Honorable Roscoe Bartlett (R)
US House of Representatives
6th Congressional District
Washington, DC 20515

Dave Weldon, Florida
The Honorable Dave Weldon (R)
US House of Representatives
15th Congressional District
Rm. 216 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515

Matt Salmon, Arizona
The Honorable Matt Salmon (R)
US House of Representatives
1st Congressional District
Washington, DC 20515

The Honorable Tom Davis (R)
US House of Representatives -
11th Congressional District
Rm. 415 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Mark Foley, Florida
The Honorable Mark Foley (R)
US House of Representatives -
16th Congressional District
Washington, DC 20515

Charles W. "Chip" Pickering, Mississippi
The Honorable Charles Pickering, Jr.(R)
US House of Representatives -
3rd Congressional District
Washington, DC 20515

The Honorable Christopher Cannon (R)
US House of Representatives -
3rd Congressional District
Washington, DC 20515

Kevin Brady, Texas
The Honorable Kevin Brady (R)
US House of Representatives -
8th Congressional District
1531 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4901

Merrill Cook, Utah
The Honorable Merrill Cook (R)
House of Representatives -
2nd Congressional District
Washington, DC 20515

George R. Nethercutt, Jr., Washington
The Honorable George Nethercutt (R)
US House of Representatives -
5th Congressional District
1527 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2006
Fax: (202) 225-3392

F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Wisconsin**
The Honorable F. James Sensenbrenner (R)
US House of Representatives -
9th Congressional District
Rm. 2332 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5101

Bart Gordon, Tennessee, RMM
The Honorable Bart Gordon (D)
US House of Representatives -

6th Congressional District
Washington, DC 20515

Democratic Members (11):

Ralph M. Hall, Texas
The Honorable Ralph Hall (D)
US House of Representatives -
4th Congressional District
2221 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6673

James A. Traficant, Jr., Ohio
The Honorable James Traficant (D)
US House of Representatives -
17th Congressional District
Rm. 2446 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515

Alcee L. Hastings, Florida
The Honorable Alcee Hastings (D) US House of Representatives -
23rd Congressional District
Rm. 1039 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20515

Zoe Lofgren, California
The Honorable Zoe Lofgren (D)
US House of Representatives -
16th Congressional District
Rm. 118 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515

Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas
The Honorable Shelia Jackson Lee (D)
US House of Representatives -
18th Congressional District
410 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3816
Fax: (202) 225-3317

Bill Luther, Minnesota
The Honorable Bill Luther (D)
US House of Representatives -
6th Congressional District
Rm. 1419 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20515

Nick Lampson, Texas
The Honorable Nick Lampson (D)
US House of Representatives -
9th Congressional District
128 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6565

Lois Capps, California
The Honorable Walter Capps (D)

US House of Representatives -
22nd Congressional District
Washington, DC 20515

Tim Roemer, Indiana
The Honorable Tim Roemer (D)
US House of Representatives -
3rd Congressional District
Rm. 407 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

George E. Brown, Jr., California**
The Honorable George Brown (D)
US House of Representatives -
42nd Congressional District
Rm. 2300 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
202-224-3121 - Capitol Switchboard

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