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A lot could happen in as little as 24 minutes. In the case of a poison gas accident or attack, you could be killed or injured. In fact, your life could depend on the direction of the wind, or how quickly you can evacuate.

Don�t take chances with your life.

The Environmental Protection Agency has identified nearly 7,000 high-risk chemical facilities throughout the country that could kill or injure anywhere from 1,000 to more than a million people in the case of an accident or terrorist attack.

Congress has the power to prevent this kind of tragedy. There are safe alternatives.

More than 48 million people signed the Do Not Call list within 1 week. How much is your life worth?

Sign the Do Not Kill List: Tell Congress how important your life and loved ones are to you.

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I strongly urge you to pass H.R. 2868, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009, and H.R. 3258, the Drinking Water Systems Security Act of 2009, without weakening amendments, and send it to the House floor.

Did you know that an attack on one U.S. chemical plants could kill thousands of people, but despite the warnings, nothing has been done to prevent such a disaster? According to the EPA, there are more than 100 million Americans are put at risk by just 300 high-risk chemical plants!

Please use your power in Congress to pass a law that would help protect millions of Americans from undue danger.

H.R. 2868 and H.R. 3258 would ensure the use of safer, more secure, and cost-effective technologies to reduce the terrible consequences of a terrorist attack at a chemical plant. The current temporary law actually bars safer technologies from being required and exempts thousands of dangerous chemical plants entirely while relying solely on conventional security -- guards, gates, and fences. This won't reduce the staggering loss of life and injuries from a successful terrorist attack at a chemical plant.

In 2006, then-Senator Obama declared on the Senate floor, in a speech asserting his endorsement of similar legislation, "We cannot allow chemical industry lobbyists to dictate the terms of this debate. We cannot allow our security to be hijacked by corporate interests."

The Obama Administration, represented by DHS Undersecretary Rand Beers and EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Peter Silva, reiterated this position. They testified in support of legislation that will require all 6,000 regulated chemical plants to assess and consider safer more secure chemicals (IST) and to require the highest risk plants (800+) to convert to safer more secure chemicals where possible.

Congress needs to pass a law that protects American communities still at risk by requiring high risk plants to use the more secure chemical technologies available.

Thank you for your time. I look forward to receiving your reply.

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