Good news from the NY elected officials

I received these two letters in reply today one from Senator Clinton and the other from Congressman Crowley, in part: I am so pleased that the amendment offered by Senator Barbara Boxer to strip provisions from the Senate Budget Resolution pertaining to drilling in ANWR passed this week by a vote of 52 to 48. I was proud to be a co-sponsor of that amendment, and to cast my vote in favor of the amendment. - Senator Hillary Clinton And: On June 17, 2004, the House of Representatives debated and voted on the Federal spending bill for our nation's environmental protection programs (H.R. 4568). While the overall bill completely abandoned the historic, bipartisan conservation funding agreement that was reached in 2000, an amendment was included to protect the Tongass. I was pleased that the amendment which would prohibit the use of funds to plan, design, study, or construct forest development roads in Tongass National Forest in Alaska for the purposes of harvesting timber by private entities or individuals passed the the full House of Representatives. I supported this amendment. - Congressman Crowley. Now I can go back to work and stop writing letters!