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ACTION to Support the Anti-Torture Amendment

You can help stop torture by simply making a phone call to your Members of
Congress in support of the Anti-Torture Amendment.

As a constituent of the Members of Congress (see full list of committee members
below) serving on the Armed Services or the Appropriations Committees, your
opinion is key.

Please call the Capitol Hill switchboard: (202) 224 – 3121 or dial the numbers
listed below and ask to be transfer to your Member of Congress.

You can base your calls on the following talking points:

– I am calling to urge your support for the Senate anti-torture amendment to the
DOD Appropriations bill.

– As your constituent, I urge you to uphold the long-standing U.S. commitment to
oppose torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment by supporting the Senate
anti-torture amendment, as written, to the Department of Defense Appropriations
bill.  Any attempt to exempt the CIA, provide a presidential waiver, or provide
other qualifications would effectively gut the amendment and put the US in the
untenable position of securing the right for the CIA to treat people inhumanely
with the President’s blessing.

– The Senate anti-torture amendment passed overwhelmingly in the U.S. Senate by
a vote of 90 to 9.  The amendment, offered by Senator McCain a former Prisoner
of War in Vietnam, is consistent with long-standing US military doctrine, US
constitutional standards and US international commitments.   Former Secretary of
State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell, along with 29
other retired generals, admirals and prisoners of war, support the amendment as
providing much needed clarity to soldiers and personnel in the field.

– The Amendment implements existing US laws and international commitments. It
simply requires the DOD to apply its own Army Field Manual on Interrogations,
and it reaffirms the prohibition on the use of cruel, inhuman and degrading
treatment.  The amendment does not impose or import any standards that the US is
not already bound by.

Members of the Armed Services and Appropriations Committees:

(1) Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee
(List is alphabetical by state, followed by the office’s phone number)
Senator   Ted   Stevens   (R – AK ) (202) 224-3004
Senator   Richard   Shelby   (R – AL ) (202) 224-5744
Senator   Dianne   Feinstein   (D – CA ) (202) 224-3841
Senator   Wayne   Allard   (R – CO ) (202) 224-5941
Senator   Daniel   Inouye   (D – HI ) (202) 224-3934
Senator   Tom   Harkin   (D – IA ) (202) 224-3254
Senator   Larry   Craig   (R – ID ) (202) 224-2752
Senator   Richard   Durbin   (D – IL ) (202) 224-2152
Senator   Sam   Brownback   (R – KS ) (202) 224-6521
Senator   Mitch   McConnell   (R – KY ) (202) 224-2541
Senator   Mary   Landrieu   (D – LA ) (202) 224-5824
Senator   Barbara   Mikulski   (D – MD ) (202) 224-4654
Senator   Christopher   Bond   (R – MO ) (202) 224-5721
Senator   Thad   Cochran   (R – MS ) (202) 224-5054
Senator   Conrad   Burns   (R – MT ) (202) 224-2644
Senator   Byron   Dorgan   (D – ND ) (202) 224-2551
Senator   Judd   Gregg   (R – NH ) (202) 224-3324
Senator   Pete   Domenici   (R – NM ) (202) 224-6621
Senator   Harry   Reid   (D – NV ) (202) 224-3542
Senator   Mike   DeWine   (R – OH ) (202) 224-2315
Senator   Arlen   Specter   (R – PA ) (202) 224-4254
Senator   Tim   Johnson   (D – SD ) (202) 224-5842
Senator   Kay Bailey   Hutchison   (R – TX ) (202) 224-5922
Senator   Robert   Bennett   (R – UT ) (202) 224-5444
Senator   Patrick   Leahy   (D – VT ) (202) 224-4242
Senator   Patty   Murray   (D – WA ) (202) 224-2621
Senator   Herbert   Kohl   (D – WI ) (202) 224-5653
Senator   Robert   Byrd   (D – WV ) (202) 224-3954

(2) Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee
(List is alphabetical by state, followed by the office’s phone number)
Senator   Jeff   Sessions   (R – AL ) (202) 224-4124
Senator   Mark   Pryor   (D – AR ) (202) 224-2353
Senator   John   McCain   (R – AZ ) (202) 224-2235
Senator   Wayne   Allard   (R – CO ) (202) 224-5941
Senator   Joseph   Lieberman   (D – CT ) (202) 224-4041
Senator   Bill   Nelson   (D – FL ) (202) 224-5274
Senator   Saxby   Chambliss   (R – GA ) (202) 224-3521
Senator   Daniel   Akaka   (D – HI ) (202) 224-6361
Senator   Evan   Bayh   (D – IN ) (202) 224-5623
Senator   Pat   Roberts   (R – KS ) (202) 224-4774
Senator   Edward   Kennedy   (D – MA ) (202) 224-4543
Senator   Susan   Collins   (R – ME ) (202) 224-2523
Senator   Carl   Levin   (D – MI ) (202) 224-6221
Senator   Mark   Dayton   (D – MN ) (202) 224-3244
Senator   James   Talent   (R – MO ) (202) 224-6154
Senator   Elizabeth   Dole   (R – NC ) (202) 224-6342
Senator   Ben   Nelson   (D – NE ) (202) 224-6551
Senator   John   Ensign   (R – NV ) (202) 224-6244
Senator   Hillary   Clinton   (D – NY ) (202) 224-4451
Senator   James   Inhofe   (R – OK ) (202) 224-4721
Senator   Jack   Reed   (D – RI ) (202) 224-4642
Senator   Lindsey   Graham   (R – SC ) (202) 224-5972
Senator   John   Thune   (R – SD ) (202) 224-2321
Senator   John   Cornyn   (R – TX ) (202) 224-2934
Senator   John   Warner   (R – VA ) (202) 224-2023
Senator   Robert   Byrd   (D – WV ) (202) 224-3954

(3) Members of the House Armed Services Committee
(List is alphabetical by state, followed by the office’s phone number)      
Representative   Mike D.   Rogers   (R – AL ) (202) 225-3261
Representative   Terry   Everett   (R – AL ) (202) 225-2901
Representative   Vic   Snyder   (D – AR ) (202) 225-2506
Representative   Trent   Franks   (R – AZ ) (202) 225-4576
Representative   Ellen   Tauscher   (D – CA ) (202) 225-1880
Representative   Susan   Davis   (D – CA ) (202) 225-2040
Representative   Loretta   Sanchez   (D – CA ) (202) 225-2965
Representative   Ken   Calvert   (R – CA ) (202) 225-1986
Representative   Duncan   Hunter   (R – CA ) (202) 225-5672
Representative   Howard “Buck”   McKeon   (R – CA ) (202) 225-1956
Representative   Mark   Udall   (D – CO ) (202) 225-2161
Representative   Joel   Hefley   (R – CO ) (202) 225-4422
Representative   Rob   Simmons   (R – CT ) (202) 225-2076
Representative   Jeff   Miller   (R – FL ) (202) 225-4136
Representative   Kendrick   Meek   (D – FL ) (202) 225-4506
Representative   Cynthia A.   McKinney   (D – GA ) (202) 225-1605
Representative   Jim   Marshall   (D – GA ) (202) 225-6531
Delegate   Madeleine Z.   Bordallo   (D – GU ) (202) 225-1188
Representative   Neil   Abercrombie   (D – HI ) (202) 225-2726
Representative   Lane   Evans   (D – IL ) (202) 225-5905
Representative   John   Hostettler   (R – IN ) (202) 225-4636
Representative   Jim   Ryun   (R – KS ) (202) 225-6601
Representative   Geoff   Davis   (R – KY ) (202) 225-3465
Representative   Martin   Meehan   (D – MA ) (202) 225-3411
Representative   Roscoe G.   Bartlett   (R – MD ) (202) 225-2721
Representative   Joe   Schwarz   (R – MI ) (202) 225-6276
Representative   Candice   Miller   (R – MI ) (202) 225-2106
Representative   John   Kline   (R – MN ) (202) 255-2271
Representative   W. Todd   Akin   (R – MO ) (202) 225-2561
Representative   Ike   Skelton   (D – MO ) (202) 225-2876
Representative   Gene   Taylor   (D – MS ) (202) 225-5772
Representative   Robin   Hayes   (R – NC ) (202) 225-3715
Representative   G.K.   Butterfield   (D – NC ) (202) 225-3101
Representative   Walter   Jones   (R – NC ) (202) 225-3415
Representative   Mike   McIntyre   (D – NC ) (202) 225-2731
Representative   Jeb   Bradley   R   NH   (202) 225-5456
Representative   Frank   LoBiondo   (R – NJ ) (202) 225-6572
Representative   Jim   Saxton   (R – NJ ) (202) 225-4765
Representative   Robert E.   Andrews   (D – NJ ) (202) 225-6501
Representative   James   Gibbons   (R – NV ) (202) 225-6155
Representative   Steve   Israel   (D – NY ) (202) 255-3335
Representative   John   McHugh   (R – NY ) (202) 225-4611
Representative   Timothy   Ryan   (D – OH ) (202) 225-5261
Representative   Mike   Turner   (R – OH ) (202) 225-6465
Representative   Dan   Boren   (D – OK ) (202) 225-2701
Representative   Bob   Brady   (D – PA ) (202) 225-4731
Representative   Bill   Shuster   (R – PA ) (202) 225-2431
Representative   Curt   Weldon   (R – PA ) (202) 225-2011
Representative   James R.   Langevin   (D – RI ) (202) 225-2735
Representative   Joe   Wilson   (R – SC ) (202) 225-2452
Representative   John   Spratt   (D – SC ) (202) 225-5501
Representative   Jim   Cooper   (D – TN ) (202) 225-4311
Representative   Mike   Conaway   (R – TX ) (202) 225-3605
Representative   Silvestre   Reyes   (D – TX ) (202) 225-4831
Representative   William “Mac”   Thornberry   (R – TX ) (202) 225-3706
Representative   Solomon   Ortiz   (D – TX ) (202) 225-7742
Representative   J. Randy   Forbes   (R – VA ) (202) 225-6365
Representative   Jo Ann   Davis   (R – VA ) (202) 225-4261
Representative   Thelma   Drake   (R – VA ) (202) 225-4215
Representative   Rick   Larsen   (D – WA ) (202) 225-2605
Representative   Adam   Smith   (D – WA ) (202) 225-8901
Representative   Cathy   McMorris   (R – WA ) (202) 225-2006

(4) Members of the House Appropriations Committee
(List is alphabetical by state, followed by the office’s phone number)      
Representative   Robert   Aderholt   (R – AL ) (202) 225-4876
Representative   Robert E. “Bud”   Cramer   (D – AL ) (202) 225-4801
Representative   Marion   Berry   (D – AR ) (202) 225-4076
Representative   Jim   Kolbe   (R – AZ ) (202) 225-2542
Representative   Ed   Pastor   (D – AZ ) (202) 225-4065
Representative   Sam   Farr   (D – CA ) (202) 225-2861
Representative   Jerry   Lewis   (R – CA ) (202) 225-5861
Representative   Lucille   Roybal-Allard   (D – CA ) (202) 225-1766
Representative   Randy   Cunningham   (D – CA ) (202) 225-5452
Representative   John   Doolittle   (R – CA ) (202) 225-2511
Representative   Rosa L.   DeLauro   (D – CT ) (202) 225-3661
Representative   Allen   Boyd   (D – FL ) (202) 225-5235
Representative   Ander   Crenshaw   (R – FL ) (202) 225-2501
Representative   David   Weldon   (R – FL ) (202) 225-3671
Representative   C. W. Bill   Young   (R – FL ) (202) 225-5961
Representative   Jack   Kingston   (R – GA ) (202) 225-5831
Representative   Sanford   Bishop   (D – GA ) (202) 225-3631
Representative   Thomas   Latham   (R – IA ) (202) 225-5476
Representative   Mike   Simpson   (R – ID ) (202) 225-5531
Representative   Ray   LaHood   (R – IL ) (202) 225-6201
Representative   Mark Steven   Kirk   (R – IL ) (202) 225-4835
Representative   Jesse L.   Jackson   (D – IL ) (202) 225-0773
Representative   Peter J.   Visclosky   (D – IN ) (202) 225-2461
Representative   Todd   Tiahrt   (R – KS ) (202) 225-6216
Representative   Harold   Rogers   (R – KY ) (202) 225-4601
Representative   Anne M.   Northup   (R – KY ) (202) 225-5401
Representative   Rodney   Alexander   (R – LA ) (202) 225-8490
Representative   John   Olver   (D – MA ) (202) 225-5335
Representative   Steny H.   Hoyer   (D – MD ) (202) 225-4131
Representative   Carolyn   Kilpatrick   (D – MI ) (202) 225-2261
Representative   Joseph   Knollenberg   (R – MI ) (202) 225-5802
Representative   Martin Olav   Sabo   (D – MN ) (202) 225-4755
Representative   Jo Ann   Emerson   (R – MO ) (202) 225-4404
Representative   Roger   Wicker   (R – MS ) (202) 225-4306
Representative   Dennis R.   Rehberg   (R – MT ) (202) 225-3211
Representative   Charles H.   Taylor   (R – NC ) (202) 225-6401
Representative   David E.   Price   (D – NC ) (202) 225-1784
Representative   Steve   Rothman   (D – NJ ) (202) 225-5061
Representative   Rodney P.   Frelinghuysen   (R – NJ ) (202) 225-5034
Representative   John   Sweeney   (R – NY ) (202) 225-5614
Representative   Jose E.   Serrano   (D – NY ) (202) 225-4361
Representative   Nita   Lowey   (D – NY ) (202) 225-6506
Representative   James T.   Walsh   (R – NY ) (202) 225-3701
Representative   Maurice   Hinchey   (D – NY ) (202) 225-6335
Representative   Ralph   Regula   (R – OH ) (202) 225-3876
Representative   David L.   Hobson   (R – OH ) (202) 225-4324
Representative   Marcy   Kaptur   (D – OH ) (202) 225-4146
Representative   Ernest   Istook   (R – OK ) (202) 225-2132
Representative   John   Peterson   (R – PA ) (202) 225-5121
Representative   Don   Sherwood   (R – PA ) (202) 225-3731
Representative   Chaka   Fattah   (D – PA ) (202) 225-4001
Representative   John   Murtha   (D – PA ) (202) 225-2065
Representative   Patrick J.   Kennedy   (D – RI ) (202) 225-4911
Representative   James E.   Clyburn   (D – SC ) (202) 225-3315
Representative   Zach   Wamp   (R – TN ) (202) 225-3271
Representative   John   Carter   (R – TX ) (202)225-3864
Representative   Kay   Granger   (R – TX ) (202) 225-5071
Representative   John Abney   Culberson   (R – TX ) (202) 225-2571
Representative   Chet   Edwards   (D – TX ) (202) 225-6605
Representative   Henry   Bonilla   (R – TX ) (202) 225-4511
Representative   Frank   Wolf   (R – VA ) (202) 225-5136
Representative   Virgil   Goode   (D – VA ) (202) 225-4711
Representative   James P.   Moran   (D – VA ) (202) 225-4376
Representative   Norman D.   Dicks   (D – WA ) (202) 225-5916
Representative   David   Obey   (D – WI ) (202) 225-3365
Representative   Alan B.   Mollohan   (D – WV ) (202) 225-4172

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