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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;color:red'>CAPR urges you to consider support of Senate Bill 2122.
Please see below.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;color:navy'> </span></font><font color="#1f497d"><span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:bold'>Senate Bill 212</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>2</span></font><font color="#1f497d"><span
style='color:#1F497D'> Overview<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:bold'>S.2122, The Defense of
Environment and Property Act of 2012 (there is a companion bill in the House
that will be introduced)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Symbol><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font color="#1f497d"><span
style='color:#1F497D'>“</span></font>Thousands of property owners across <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> are
facing aggressive action from the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers, with no
legal means to fight back. While environmental protection is important, I
believe that it must be balanced with the Constitutional right of landowners to
do what they please with their own property. That is why I have introduced
S.2122, the Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2012 to restore common
sense to federal jurisdiction over navigable waters, and place reasonable
limitations on an agency that has become dangerously out of control.<font
color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'>”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Symbol><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font color="#1f497d"><span
style='color:#1F497D'>If they take your land anyway, they have to pay you
double the value of your land<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Symbol><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font color="#1f497d"><span
style='color:#1F497D'>They have to have a judge’s order to come onto your
land<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Symbol><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font color="#1f497d"><span
style='color:#1F497D'>Protects the primary authority of states over Federal
Government agencies<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Symbol><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font color="#1f497d"><span
style='color:#1F497D'>More information and bill text can be found here: <a
href="http://paul.senate.gov/?p=issue&id=56">http://paul.senate.gov/?p=issue&id=56</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:bold'>Bill Support Status<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Paraphrasing Rand Paul from a March 13 <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tele</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Town
Hall</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>: “The bill had 7
co-sponsors. There should be at least another 8-10 that should be on the
bill. Once we get to 15 or so, momentum will pick up. Some GOP
members are opposing it because they are afraid it will “rile up the
environmentalists”. BUT, we need to pursue the significant
changes we want and need, not settle for only seeking marginal incremental
changes.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:bold'>Building Support for
the Bill</span></font></u></b><font color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Things you can do:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'>Call/email Senators to get them to
cosponsor the bill (Capitol Switchboard 202-224-3121)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'>Contact like-minded organizations
to get them to endorse the bill<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2 color="#1f497d"
face=Symbol><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font color="#1f497d"><span
style='color:#1F497D'>National Mining Association<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2 color="#1f497d"
face=Symbol><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font color="#1f497d"><span
style='color:#1F497D'>Northwest Mining Association<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2 color="#1f497d"
face=Symbol><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font color="#1f497d"><span
style='color:#1F497D'>Farm Bureaus – do have a lot of influence<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2 color="#1f497d"
face=Symbol><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font color="#1f497d"><span
style='color:#1F497D'>Need to get American Farm Bureau on board – calls
and letters to them<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2 color="#1f497d"
face=Symbol><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font color="#1f497d"><span
style='color:#1F497D'>County, State, National citizen’s groups,
individuals<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2 color="#1f497d"
face=Symbol><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font color="#1f497d"><span
style='color:#1F497D'>Legislative bodies at every level<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'>Email, phone calls (better than
snail mail)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'>Send in personal stories to Sen.
Paul’s office, those really help in spreading the word, and taking action
in Congress.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=msolistparagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'>Let Sen. Paul know you would like
him to do another town hall (contact info below). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:bold'>Information and
Contacts<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Submit comments to Senator Paul, or
record your individual or organizational support for the bill here: <a
href="http://bit.ly/randpaulcontact">http://bit.ly/randpaulcontact</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>More information at: <a
href="http://www.paul.senate.gov">www.paul.senate.gov</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Go out, spread the word, and build the
movement to support getting these common sense changes passed!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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