Stopping Mountaintop Removal: 101!

Its official! 101 cosponsors of the Clean Water Protection Act!

As big coal and their allies in Congress continue to attack, undermine, and gut public health and environmental protections, Appalachian Voices, the Alliance for Appalachia, NRDC and others continue to play offense by promoting the bipartisan Clean Water Protection Act (HR 1375). This bill would make it illegal to dump toxic waste from mountaintop removal mines into our headwater streams in Appalachia.

This week HR 1375 hit 101 cosponsors, and that number is continuing to grow as more Representatives learn about the horrific impacts mountaintop removal is having on the born and the unborn in Appalachia. ! See if your Congressman is a cosponsor below the fold. If they are not, take a moment and ask them to cosponsor of the Clean Water Protection Act (HR 1375).

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H.R.1375
Latest Title: Clean Water Protection Act
Sponsor: Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] (introduced 4/5/2011) Cosponsors (100)
Latest Major Action: 4/6/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. COSPONSORS(100), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)

Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] – 4/5/2011
Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] – 4/5/2011
Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] – 4/5/2011
Rep Braley, Bruce L. [IA-1] – 6/22/2011
Rep Butterfield, G. K. [NC-1] – 6/22/2011
Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] – 4/8/2011
Rep Carnahan, Russ [MO-3] – 7/15/2011
Rep Carson, Andre [IN-7] – 4/8/2011
Rep Castor, Kathy [FL-11] – 4/5/2011
Rep Chandler, Ben [KY-6] – 4/5/2011
Rep Chu, Judy [CA-32] – 4/8/2011
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] – 5/31/2011
Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] – 6/22/2011
Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] – 4/15/2011
Rep Connolly, Gerald E. “Gerry” [VA-11] – 4/5/2011
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] – 4/8/2011
Rep Cooper, Jim [TN-5] – 4/5/2011
Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] – 4/5/2011
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] – 7/15/2011
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] – 5/11/2011
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] – 4/5/2011
Rep Deutch, Theodore E. [FL-19] – 4/15/2011
Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] – 6/22/2011
Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] – 4/5/2011
Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] – 6/3/2011
Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] – 6/22/2011
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] – 4/5/2011
Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] – 4/5/2011
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] – 4/5/2011
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] – 7/15/2011
Rep Hanabusa, Colleen W. [HI-1] – 7/15/2011
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] – 4/5/2011
Rep Higgins, Brian [NY-27] – 5/11/2011
Rep Himes, James A. [CT-4] – 5/11/2011
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] – 4/5/2011
Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] – 4/5/2011
Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] – 4/5/2011
Rep Inslee, Jay [WA-1] – 4/8/2011
Rep Jackson Lee, Sheila [TX-18] – 7/15/2011
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] – 4/8/2011
Rep Johnson, Henry C. “Hank,” Jr. [GA-4] – 4/5/2011
Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] – 4/5/2011
Rep Kissell, Larry [NC-8] – 4/5/2011
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] – 4/5/2011
Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] – 4/5/2011
Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] – 5/11/2011
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] – 4/5/2011
Rep Levin, Sander M. [MI-12] – 4/5/2011
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] – 5/31/2011
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] – 5/31/2011
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] – 4/5/2011
Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] – 4/5/2011
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] – 6/22/2011
Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] – 4/15/2011
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] – 4/5/2011
Rep McNerney, Jerry [CA-11] – 4/5/2011
Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] – 6/22/2011
Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] – 4/5/2011
Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13] – 7/15/2011
Rep Miller, George [CA-7] – 4/5/2011
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] – 4/5/2011
Rep Murphy, Christopher S. [CT-5] – 4/5/2011
Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] – 7/15/2011
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] – 4/5/2011
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] – 5/31/2011
Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] – 4/5/2011
Rep Owens, William L. [NY-23] – 6/3/2011
Rep Pingree, Chellie [ME-1] – 4/5/2011
Rep Polis, Jared [CO-2] – 4/5/2011
Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] – 6/3/2011
Rep Quigley, Mike [IL-5] – 4/5/2011
Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] – 6/22/2011
Rep Reichert, David G. [WA-8] – 4/5/2011
Rep Richardson, Laura [CA-37] – 4/5/2011
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] – 4/5/2011
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-34] – 5/31/2011
Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] – 4/8/2011
Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] – 4/8/2011
Rep Sarbanes, John P. [MD-3] – 4/5/2011
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] – 4/5/2011
Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. [PA-13] – 4/5/2011
Rep Scott, Robert C. “Bobby” [VA-3] – 7/15/2011
Rep Shuler, Heath [NC-11] – 4/5/2011
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] – 4/8/2011
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] – 4/5/2011
Rep Smith, Adam [WA-9] – 4/5/2011
Rep Speier, Jackie [CA-12] – 4/5/2011
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] – 4/5/2011
Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] – 4/8/2011
Rep Tonko, Paul [NY-21] – 4/5/2011
Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] – 5/31/2011
Rep Tsongas, Niki [MA-5] – 4/5/2011
Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] – 4/5/2011
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] – 4/5/2011
Rep Watt, Melvin L. [NC-12] – 5/31/2011
Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] – 4/15/2011
Rep Welch, Peter [VT] – 4/15/2011
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] – 4/5/2011
Rep Wu, David [OR-1] – 4/8/2011
Rep Yarmuth, John A. [KY-3] – 4/5/2011

About JW Randolph

Raised on the banks of the Tennessee River, JW's work to create progress in his home state and throughout Appalachia has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily Kos and Grist. He served first as Appalachian Voices’ Legislative Associate and then Tennessee director until leaving to pursue a career in medicine in 2012.