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Will You Help Now? Help Stop The Akaka Bill! Email This Letter To Washington DC Today!

Posted by Pono Kealoha on June 23, 2009 at 6:01pm
Will You Help Now? Help Stop The Akaka Bill! Email This Letter To Washington DC Today!Cut and paste the example below. The deadline is this Thursday.

Email to the House Natural Resources Committee to teresa.bravo@mail.house.go
v and also fax to (202) 225-1931. Please Note - If emailing your testimony, it must be in a Word or PDF format attached to your email.



June 21, 2009



The Honorable Nick J. Rahall II, Chairman

The Honorable Doc Hastings,
Ranking Member
House Committee on Natural Resources

U.S. House of Representatives

1324 Longworth House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515



RE - OPPOSITION TO H.R. 2314 - Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009



Dear Honorable Rahall, Honorable Hastings, and Members of the House Committee on Natural Resources:



I am writing to submit this testimony in OPPOSITION to H.R. 2314, which seeks to express the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process of the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity.



I OPPOSE H.R. 2314: Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009 because of the
lack of hearings held in Hawai`i. In 2000, only one hearing was held on O`ahu Island. All other hearings were canceled.

The current and past bills addressing the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians to provide a process of the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity were subsequently redrafted and amendments were added with no input or testimony from the Hawaiian people.

For 9 years, Hawaiians have requested that the island wide hearings be rescheduled so that the hundreds of Hawaiians who want to testify can be included and their concerns heard. 



Therefore, I strongly urge you to OPPOSE H.R. 2314.



Sincerely,


Your Name

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