Recent Supreme Court decisions and agency directives under the Bush Administration have narrowed federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act to exclude waters that have received protection for the past thirty years. The effect of these decisions jeopardizes up to 60 percent of America's streams, creeks and rivers as well as tens of millions of acres of wetlands.
The Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 (H.R. 2421 / S.1870) reaffirms Congress' original intent in enacting the Clean Water Act - to protect all waters of the United States from pollution. This bi-partisan legislation was introduced by Representative James Oberstar (D-MN), John Dingell (D-MI) and Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) and is endorsed by over 450 organizations, including the conservation community, family farmers, hunters and anglers, surfers, boaters, faith communities, labor unions and environmental justice advocates.
Urge your Congressional representative to support the Clean Water Restoration Act today!
We signed the “Keep U.S. Waters Safe and Clean!” petition!
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12:09 pm PST, Jan 19,Aaron Sumner, Michigan
Keeping the waters clean will help boost tourism in areas of U.S. and give money to the economy.
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1:06 pm PST, Jan 8,Brittany Paniagua-Berlanga, Illinois
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11:35 am PST, Jan 8,Emma Weiberlen, New York
It is very important that this bill is reaffirmed for now and the future our children and our land. What would we do without clean water!
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7:07 pm PST, Jan 6,Paula Jolly, Illinois
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2:04 pm PST, Jan 6,Ben Drenning, California
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10:51 am PST, Jan 6,Name not displayed, Illinois
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1:44 pm PST, Jan 1,Melanie Doherty, New York
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12:15 pm PST, Dec 19,Thomas Joyce, South Carolina
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10:09 pm PST, Dec 10,Stacy Darrah, Pennsylvania
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4:50 pm PST, Dec 3,Chris Green, Florida
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4:13 pm PST, Nov 27,Audrey Lareau, California
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5:57 am PST, Nov 22,Andrea Watson, Colorado
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4:04 pm PST, Nov 18,Arnold Frogel, New York
This bill is vital for preserving the high quality of New York State's drinking water sources.
Water is basic to life.
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3:35 pm PST, Nov 18,Susie Foot, California
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2:26 pm PST, Nov 18,Sonia Hernandez, Florida
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10:45 pm PST, Nov 17,Lydia Ruddick-Schulman, Illinois
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10:42 am PST, Nov 17,Jeannie Gibbons, Texas
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2:04 am PST, Nov 17,Rosemary Graf, Massachusetts
Water is too important to all of us.
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7:54 am PST, Nov 16,Shiho Fujii, New Jersey
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9:56 pm PST, Nov 15,Robert Camara, Missouri
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7:29 pm PST, Nov 15,Emily Vigue, Oregon
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5:12 pm PST, Nov 14,Amalie Mccarthy, Missouri
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12:53 am PST, Nov 12,Nabha Goldfeder, Oregon
Clean the water and keep toxins out! We need clean water to have clean bodies. Duh!
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4:22 pm PST, Nov 11,Julia Bay, Wisconsin
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9:57 pm PST, Nov 10,Mary Ellen Smith, Texas
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5:33 pm PST, Nov 10,Crystal Conklin, Arizona
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2:21 pm PST, Nov 10,Amy Tushoski, Wisconsin
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1:30 pm PST, Nov 10,Annie Phillips, New York
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5:37 pm PST, Nov 9,Tavares Andrews, Florida
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4:05 pm PST, Nov 9,Maggie De Leon, Illinois
Water is imperative to survival, which should make supporting this act obvious.
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3:53 am PST, Nov 9,Sandra Dianna Weinstein, California
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10:49 am PST, Nov 7,Lorin King, Texas
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4:57 pm PST, Nov 6,Audrey Tobias, California
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8:08 pm PST, Nov 4,Amy Blake, New Hampshire
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5:12 pm PST, Nov 2,John Jenkins, California
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7:56 pm PDT, Nov 1,Matt Whitehead, Oregon
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1:11 pm PDT, Nov 1,Valerie R. Malinosky, Washington
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4:21 pm PDT, Oct 29,Patricia Peraino, California
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1:31 pm PDT, Oct 29,Maryangie Iosua, American Samoa
if you care much about our environment, will stop....it will affect our future generation.
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6:10 am PDT, Oct 29,Christine Parker, New York
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2:12 pm PDT, Oct 28,Diana Leigh, California
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12:25 pm PDT, Oct 26,Brian Levin, Washington
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8:00 pm PDT, Oct 25,Jil Scott, Washington
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7:41 am PDT, Oct 25,Brian Doebereiner, Wisconsin
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1:01 pm PDT, Oct 22,Ana Silva, Illinois
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12:42 pm PDT, Oct 22,Name not displayed, New Hampshire
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9:17 am PDT, Oct 22,Melissa C, New York
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12:57 pm PDT, Oct 21,Rika Toll, Utah
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2:12 pm PDT, Oct 20,Kerry Becker, Connecticut
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6:33 am PDT, Oct 20,Kevin Bagley, Oregon
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9:22 pm PDT, Oct 19,L Pitner, Illinois
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8:32 am PDT, Oct 18,Diane Rencher, Michigan
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1:16 pm PDT, Oct 17,Jackie Connolly, Michigan
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5:21 pm PDT, Oct 12,Kimberly Kammeraad, Washington
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3:14 pm PDT, Oct 11,Mathieu Debic, Texas
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2:43 pm PDT, Oct 10,Julie Shannon, California
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12:13 pm PDT, Oct 10,Donna Mayfield, Arizona
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11:36 am PDT, Oct 10,Name not displayed, California
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3:00 pm PDT, Oct 9,Sarah Bennett, Texas
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1:23 pm PDT, Oct 9,Amy Hile, California
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12:36 pm PDT, Oct 9,Julia Hoffman, South Africa
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9:07 am PDT, Oct 9,Rachel Klein, California
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12:49 am PDT, Oct 9,Atara Chava, Kentucky
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6:42 pm PDT, Oct 8,Brandie Lynn, California
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10:29 pm PDT, Oct 7,Kyna Crain, Montana
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2:03 pm PDT, Oct 7,Grace Holden, Virginia
This bill is extremely important--I hope you will support it.