Freeze the Nukes, Fund the Future
Yesterday the Washington, DC WAND staff attended a press conference with Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) and other local peace and security organizations to publicize the Congressman’s letter to the Super Committee proposing substantial cuts in spending on the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal.
As the Markey letter indicates, cost savings should come from spending on the Cold War-era U.S. nuclear arsenal which still exceeds 5,000 nuclear weapons. We are now spending about $50 billion per year on nuclear weapons and related costs. The letter says that we should “freeze the nukes so we can fund the future.”
A total of 65 U.S. Representatives signed the letter urging the Super Committee to reduce the deficit by cutting nuclear weapons spending! Check below to see if your Representative signed on to the Markey letter.
Your calls to your Representative about the Markey Letter to Freeze the Nukes Fund the Future made all the difference. Thank you!
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Arizona
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)
California
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA)
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA)
Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)
Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA)
Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA)
Rep. George Miller (D-CA)
Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA)
Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)
Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA)
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
Colorado
Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO)
DC
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Florida
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL)
Georgia
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA)
Hawaii
Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Illinois
Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
Iowa
Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA)
Kentucky
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY)
Maryland
Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD)
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
Massachusetts
Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA)
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
Rep. William Keating (D-MA)
Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA)
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)
Rep. Richard Neal (MA)
Rep. John Olver (D-MA)
Rep. John Tierney (D-MA)
Maine
Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Michigan
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
Rep. Hansen Clarke (D-MI)
Minnesota
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)
New Jersey
Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ)
New York
Rep. Timothy Bishop (D-NY)
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY)
Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY)
North Carolina
Rep. David Price (D-NC)
Ohio
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
Oregon
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
Pennsylvania
Rep. Robert Brady (D-PA)
Tennessee
Rep. Steven Cohen (D-TN)
Texas
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Vermont
Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT)
Virginia
Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA)
Washington
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA)
Wisconsin
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI)
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