Following is information that will help you adjust your letter to President Obama: Take only the essential parts and add it to your letter. Pull out your references to asking him not to sign it and ask him to do the part in red below.
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I'm outraged that Congress allowed Section 735, the Monsanto Protection Act in a short-term spending bill and passed it and that you have now signed it into law. This is a deep betrayal of our most basic constitutional rights and by signing H.R. 933 without issuing a signing statement or taking other actions to block this provision you have allowed great harm to America's family farmers, our environment and our democracy.
In an effort to balance this violation of our basic rights, I am urging you as President to issue an Executive Order to require the mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods, something that you promised farmers while on the campaign trail in 2007.
It is urgent that the U.S. government rectify the 20 year old politically engineered loophole and allow for open and transparent labeling of genetically engineered foods, a basic right that citizens in 62 others countries already enjoy.
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This email was sent to the class about 8:50 this morning:
I’ve decided to go ahead and hold our writing class today.
I’m not feeling better, but as long as I don’t have to talk, I can get through it.
I will see you at the lab. 404 is the number, I think.
Tuesday
The instructor handed out the assignment for writing a letter to a Senator or House of Representatives member. It is a two-part assignment. The first part, which is an individualization effort, is due this Thursday.
On Thursday we will meet in the lab. The instructor will read students' letters and provide any corrections.
Students will work on Part 2 of the assignment with their groups in the lab.
In the last part of class, the instructor showed students about wind energy in the area where Nuclear Nebraska takes place. She expressed the importance of learning the concept of "community consent."
