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Begin forwarded message:  FYI  Re June 10, 2010 U.S. Senate vote, 47  
to 63, against EPA ruling which blocked action on climate change.  Hedy

> From: "John Bernd" <jmbernd@charter.net>
> Date: October 22, 2010 4:10:29 PM CDT
> To: "Hedy Telfer" <portia2@charter.net>
> Subject: Fw: Responding to your message
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Message from Senator Russ Feingold - DO NOT REPLY
> To: jmbernd@charter.net
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 11:15 AM
> Subject: Responding to your message
>
>
> Dear Dr. Bernd,
>
> Thank you for contacting me in support of the Environmental  
> Protection Agency (EPA) regulating greenhouse gases (GHGs).  I  
> appreciate hearing from you.
>
> As you may know, on April 17, 2009, the EPA published a proposed  
> endangerment finding regarding the effects of GHGs on public  
> health.  This proposed finding is a result of a scientific review  
> ordered by the Supreme Court in 2007.  On December 7, 2009,  
> following a 60-day public comment period, the EPA issued its final  
> findings that GHGs threaten public health and welfare, and that  
> motor vehicles contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.  For more  
> information on this finding, please visit http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/endangerment.html 
> .
>
> On January 21, 2010, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced S.J.  
> Res. 26.  This resolution would reject the EPA's endangerment  
> finding that GHGs threaten public health and welfare, and also  
> nullify any GHG regulations based on the finding.  On June 10, 2010,  
> I voted against a motion to consider the resolution.  The motion  
> failed by a vote of 47-53 and the resolution was not considered.  I  
> opposed the motion because by blocking action on climate change, the  
> Murkowski resolution would have stalled our march toward energy  
> independence through more efficient vehicles, alternative fuels and  
> renewable energy, all of which can spur new American jobs.
>
> Thank you again for contacting me. I look forward to hearing from  
> you in the future.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Russell D. Feingold
> United States Senator
>


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<html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; =
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forwarded message: &nbsp;FYI &nbsp;Re June 10, 2010 U.S. Senate vote, 47 =
to 63, against EPA ruling which blocked action on climate change. =
&nbsp;Hedy</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"5" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica; color: =
#000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" =
style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica">"John Bernd" &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jmbernd@charter.net">jmbernd@charter.net</a>&gt;</font></di=
v><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" color=3D"#000000" =
style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: =
</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px =
Helvetica">October 22, 2010 4:10:29 PM CDT</font></div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" color=3D"#000000" =
style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica">"Hedy =
Telfer" &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:portia2@charter.net">portia2@charter.net</a>&gt;</font></di=
v><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" color=3D"#000000" =
style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: =
</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px =
Helvetica"><b>Fw: Responding to your message</b></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: =
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bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"><div>&nbsp;</div><div style=3D"font: normal normal =
normal 10pt/normal arial; ">----- Original Message -----<div =
style=3D"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; =
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rgb(228, 228, 228); background-position: initial initial; =
background-repeat: initial initial; "><b>From:</b><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a =
title=3D"senator@feingold.senate.gov" =
href=3D"mailto:senator@feingold.senate.gov" style=3D"color: blue; =
text-decoration: underline; ">Message from Senator Russ Feingold - DO =
NOT REPLY</a></div><div><b>To:</b><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a =
title=3D"jmbernd@charter.net" href=3D"mailto:jmbernd@charter.net" =
style=3D"color: blue; text-decoration: underline; =
">jmbernd@charter.net</a></div><div><b>Sent:</b><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Friday, October 22, 2010 =
11:15 AM</div><div><b>Subject:</b><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Responding to your =
message</div></div><div><br></div><p class=3D"Normal-P" =
style=3D"margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; =
margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New =
Roman'; "><span class=3D"Normal-H" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; =
font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; =
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font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class=3D"Normal-H" =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span =
style=3D"font-size: 12pt; "></span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; =
">Dear&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">Dr. =
Bernd</span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">,</span></span></div><p =
class=3D"Normal-P" style=3D"margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; =
margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
'Times New Roman'; "><span class=3D"Normal-H" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; =
font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; =
"></span></span>&nbsp;</p><div style=3D"margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: =
0pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class=3D"Normal-H" =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span =
style=3D"font-size: 12pt; "></span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; =
">Thank you for contacting me in&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: =
12pt; ">support of</span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; "><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>the Environmental =
Protection Agency (EPA) regulating greenhouse gases (GHGs).&nbsp; I =
appreciate hearing from you.</span></span></div><p class=3D"Normal-P" =
style=3D"margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; =
margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New =
Roman'; "><span class=3D"Normal-H" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; =
font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; =
"></span></span>&nbsp;</p><div style=3D"margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: =
0pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class=3D"Normal-H" =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span =
style=3D"font-size: 12pt; "></span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">As =
you may know, on April 17, 2009, the EPA published a proposed =
endangerment finding regarding the effects of GHGs on public =
health.&nbsp; This proposed finding is a result of a scientific review =
ordered by the Supreme Court in 2007.&nbsp; On December 7, 2009, =
following a 60-day public comment period, the EPA issued its final =
findings that GHGs threaten public health and welfare, and that motor =
vehicles contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.&nbsp; For more =
information on this finding, please visit&nbsp;</span><a =
href=3D"http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/endangerment.html" =
style=3D"color: blue; text-decoration: none; "><span class=3D"Hyperlink-H"=
 style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size: 12pt; =
">http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/endangerment.html</span></a><span =
style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">.&nbsp;</span></span></div><p =
class=3D"Normal-P" style=3D"margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; =
margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
'Times New Roman'; "><span class=3D"Normal-H" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; =
font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; =
"></span></span>&nbsp;</p><div style=3D"margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: =
0pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class=3D"Normal-H" =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span =
style=3D"font-size: 12pt; "></span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">On =
January 21, 2010, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced S.J. Res. =
26.&nbsp; This resolution would&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: =
12pt; ">reject</span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; "><span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>the EPA's endangerment =
finding&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">that GHGs threaten =
public health and welfare,&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; =
">and&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; =
">also&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">nullify any GHG =
regulations based on the finding.&nbsp; On June 10, 2010, I voted =
against a motion to consider the resolution.&nbsp; The motion failed by =
a vote of 47-53 and the resolution was not considered.</span><span =
style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">&nbsp; I opposed the =
motion&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">because by blocking =
action on climate change, the Murkowski resolution would have stalled =
our march toward energy independence through more efficient vehicles, =
alternative fuels and renewable energy, all of whi</span><span =
style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">ch can spur new American =
jobs.</span></span></div><p class=3D"Normal-P" style=3D"margin-left: =
0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; =
font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span =
class=3D"Normal-H" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New =
Roman'; "><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; "></span></span>&nbsp;</p><div =
style=3D"margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; =
margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New =
Roman'; page-break-after: avoid; "><span class=3D"Normal-H" =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span =
style=3D"font-size: 12pt; "></span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; =
">Th</span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">ank you again for =
contacting me.&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">I look =
forward to hearing from you&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; =
">in the future</span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; =
">.</span></span></div><p class=3D"Normal-P" style=3D"margin-left: 0pt; =
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10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; page-break-after: avoid; "><span =
class=3D"Normal-H" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New =
Roman'; "><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; =
"></span></span>&nbsp;</p><br>Sincerely,<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br><br>Russell D. =
Feingold<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br>United =
States =
Senator<br>&nbsp;</div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>=

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