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We won this one thanks to all the telephone calls. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> abate_ca@googlegroups.com [mailto:abate_ca@googlegroups.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Carol C<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, June 04, 2015 1:09 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> ABATE Discussion Group<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [ABATE] FW: HR 2577 Walberg/Sensenbrenner/Ribble Amendment Passes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks to those of you who called!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Motorcycle Riders Foundation [<a href="mailto:MotorcycleRidersFoundation@wildapricot.org">mailto:MotorcycleRidersFoundation@wildapricot.org</a>] <br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, June 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style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:18.75pt 15.0pt 18.75pt 15.0pt'><p><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>On June 4th the United States House of Representatives agreed to an amendment to the 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill that struck a provision that would have overturned the U.S. Department of Transportation lobby ban. The measure was approved on the House floor reports the Motorcycle Riders Foundation. </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>The Amendment offered by Congressman Tim Walberg (R-MI) along with Mr. Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and Mr. Ribble (R-WI), eliminates a provision in the 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations act that would have allowed the Secretary of Transportation to discuss motorcycle safety initiatives with state legislators. The Motorcycle Riders Foundation thanks Congressman Walberg, Sensenbrenner, and Ribble for their dedication to freedom and motorcycling. </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>In 1998 Congress passed a law that made it illegal for the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to lobby state legislatures on any issue. Prior to 1998, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), USDOT had spent tens of thousands of dollars traveling to states whenever a state debated changing their own state helmet law or any other law that USDOT deemed worthy to interfere on. Seeing this as a waste of taxpayer money, the congress prohibited anyone from USDOT to lobby states uninvited. </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Mr. Walberg had this to say, “The federal government should not be in the business of lobbying state and local officials with federal money.” He added, “I believe the most effective way to reduce motorcycle injuries and fatalities is to prevent these crashes from occurring in the first place, Madam Chairperson, that means putting between the ears as opposed to simply on the head.”</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>See the Walberg video here: <a href="http://motorcycleridersfoundation.wildapricot.org/EmailTracker/LinkTracker.ashx?linkAndRecipientCode=FgBCKWFpARj2L5vcRRg0BtyaD0Vnb6QUASfHdNdyng%2b9wXafF2ZVgfoMs1J4YJsq20keZSRCvZP4RO4QAR9uy%2bGgtWm71KHtXbB28hbJLgg%3d">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHIMdT7ycfc</a></span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>“I cannot think of a single issue where the federal government should waste resources lobbying a state entity for something that the state doesn't want”, said Jeff Hennie, Vice President of Government Relations and Public Affairs for the Motorcycle Riders Foundation. He added “With such limited, precious motorcycle safety funds, they need to be used in areas of safety that are proven, not for bureaucratic waste.”</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) thanks everyone who made calls on this important issue; your participation was key in getting this amendment to pass. </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:18.75pt 25.5pt 18.75pt 25.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>All Information contained in this release is copyrighted. 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