Via CourageCampaign:
Last Saturday, the Courage Campaign helped organize a protest of the “Billionaire’s Caucus” -- a secret political strategy meeting hosted by oil conglomerate Koch Industries for big polluters, Wall Street robber barons, right-wing media personalities, and those who do their bidding in Washington. They’ve given tens of thousands to House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and his new Subcommittee Chairs.1And now he’s giving them an unprecedented opportunity to pad their profits at taxpayer expense. We will not let this stand. Dear Daniel,
Darrell Issa knows where his bread is buttered.
That’s why the first thing he did as House Oversight Committee Chair was to ask corporate lobbyists and his rich industry friends to tell him what to investigate. In other words, Issa’s top priority was to make government even more responsive to the wealthy and well-connected.
It’s time to remind Darrell Issa who he works for.
Tell us what you want investigated by the House Oversight Committee, and we’ll deliver your ideas to Chairman Issa in person.
From delivering earmarks to campaign contributors2 to holding secret meetings with lobbyists,3 Darrell Issa has a bad habit of treating his constituents as an afterthought.
Unfortunately, not one of the fat cats who received Issa’s letter are among the 1 in 10 homeowners in his district facing foreclosure,4 his 331,000 constituents with pre-existing health conditions,5 the 2.27 million Californians who are out of work, or the countless others who await the return of loved ones from Iraq and Afghanistan.
It’s time that Rep. Issa listened to the hard working families on main street—not just the lobbyists on K Street.
Make your voice heard. Tell us what Chairman Issa should investigate, and why. We’ll deliver your responses to him.
www.couragecampaign.org/Invest
Chairman Issa works for us, as Californians and Americans, not for a select few corporate lobbyists. Help us remind him, by telling him what you want to investigate.
Thanks for your hard work,
Lucas
P.S. Time and again, we’ve shown the only way to compete with big corporate power is with people power. Please forward this urgent message along to five friends and urge them to make their voices heard.
1 http://issawatch.
2 http://issawatch.
3 http://thehill.com/homenews/
4 http://www.realtytrac.com/cont
5 http://docs.house.gov/energyco
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