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TRUMP IS SHREDDING

OUR PROTECTIONS 


Before Secretary of Labor Acosta resigned last week, he was on shaky ground. He had lost allies in the White House because he was not working fast enough to strike the labor regulations that business wanted killed.

Regulations are safety and fairness protections. Trump’s daily horror show diverts attention from his objective: the massive shredding of regulations or, as conservatives refer to it, “deconstructing the administrative state.”

Where’s Walden?

Killing Needed Regulations!

Trump has done it by appointing cabinet secretaries/agency leads who have long been committed to the government’s deconstruction. Case in point, Trump’s pick to replace Acosta is an attorney with a long record of being a foe of labor unions and workplace safety, Eugene Scalia.

The high turnover rate of Trump officials obscures the fact that while Secretaries change, the destruction continues.

In a less chaotic era, it would be headline news that the EPA has already or is currently rolling back 83 rules involving climate, clean air and other protections. The other targets of ongoing deconstruction include agriculture, education, housing, health and the financial system.

We must control the damage. Urge our MoCs to use the upcoming focus on Scalia’s nomination as an opportunity to highlight the rubble of the Executive Branch.

Stop The Trump Demolition Team!

Regulations are Protections!


**ACTION ONE: CALL OUR SENATORS**


SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR SENATORS WYDEN AND MERKLEY:

“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [town/city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because . . .

. . . I’m very worried about the widespread rollback of regulations being done in order to give “relief” to industry. Regulations are protections that need to be maintained or strengthened. I have two requests:

  1. I ask the Senator to vote no on Scalia’s nomination and to push all Senate nominees to recuse themselves from working with their former businesses.
  2. Also, the current, massive regulation rollback is an assault on our health and safety. It is being driven by Trump and it will continue as long as he continues to escape accountability for his words and actions. So, I ask that you publicly urge the House to begin an impeachment inquiry with a focus on the destruction of regulations as a part of that inquiry.

Thank you.”


SENATOR RON WYDEN

Portland: (503) 326-7525, DC: (202) 224-5244
Salem: (503) 589-4555, Eugene: (541) 431-0229
Medford: (541) 858-5122, Bend: (541) 330-9142
La Grande: (541) 960-7691
https://www.wyden.senate.gov/contact/

 

SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY

Portland: (503) 326-3386, DC: (202) 224-3753
Salem: (503) 362-8102, Eugene: (541) 465-6750
Medford: (541) 608-9102, Bend: (541) 318-1298
Pendleton: (541) 278-1129
https://www.merkley.senate.gov/contact/


**ACTION TWO: CALL COMPLICIT GREG WALDEN**

SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WALDEN:

“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [town/city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because . . .

. . . I’m very worried about the widespread removal of regulations. It’s being done in order to give “relief” to industry. But regulations are protections that need to be maintained or strengthened. I have two requests:

  1. I ask that Greg Walden move to protect the regulations that protect us. Please demand that all cabinet officials recuse themselves from working with their former businesses.
  2. This attack on regulations is driven by Trump and it will continue as long as he continues to escape accountability for his words and actions. I urge Greg to be more vocal about the need for accountability, including a focus on the impact of regulation removal.

Through Greg Walden’s actions and inactionshis silence has been deafeninghe appears to fully support Trump, regardless of how much damage Trump is doing to our democracy and to world stability. Know that we are still here, we will hold him accountable, we are working to flip his seat BLUE — #2020IsNow!

Thank you.”

COMPLICIT GREG WALDEN

DC (202) 225-6730, Medford: (541) 776-4646
Bend (541) 389-4408, La Grande (541) 624-2400
https://walden.house.gov/contact-greg/email-me

 


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SOURCES:

New York Times, July 18, 2019: “Trump to Nominate Eugene Scalia for Labor Secretary Job”   https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/us/politics/eugene-scalia-labor-secretary.html?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1

Politico, June 17, 2019: “Number of workplace safety inspectors fall under Trump” https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/17/number-of-workplace-safety-inspectors-fall-under-trump-1531659?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1

New York Times, June 7, 2019: “83 Environmental Rules Being Rolled Back Under Trump” https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks.html

Washington Post, July 15, 2019: “‘His own fiefdom’: Mulvaney builds ‘an empire for the right wing’ as Trump’s chief of staff” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/his-own-fiefdom-mulvaney-builds-an-empire-for-the-right-wing-as-trumps-chief-of-staff/2019/07/14/85c5ebdc-942b-11e9-b570-6416efdc0803_story.html?utm_term=.8291dc4643f7&wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1

RealClear Policy, June 29,2017: “Deconstructing the Administrative State” https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2017/06/29/deconstructing_the_administrative_state_110284.html

Brookings Institution’s Deregulation Tracker:https://www.brookings.edu/interactives/tracking-deregulation-in-the-trump-era/