Legislative Update
 DEAR COLLEAGUE EFFORT 2008
Each year supporters of CRWA travel to Washington to lobby on behalf of rural water. This year CRWA staff and board were joined by Mario Iglesias (City of Morgan Hill ) and David Phillips (City of Chowchilla ) in D.C. The purpose of the trip is to encourage Congressional Representatives to sign our Dear Colleague letter. By signing this letter, they are declaring their support of our programs and this increases our chances of receiving federal funding.
This year we have 22 declared supporters who have either signed onto our Dear Colleague letter or sent a personal letter of support to the House Appropriations Committee in support of rural water. Our Congressional Hall of Fame is a tribute to those congressmen and women who have supported our efforts and or signed the Dear Colleague letter. We thank them for that support and feel fortunate to have these individuals as partners in providing technical assistance and training to our rural community operators and managers.
It is also incredibly important to note that the most powerful tool we have when visiting our representatives are letters from their constituents, showing their support of CRWA. This year we took well over a hundred letters to Washington, an amazing effort was made by our membership to get these letters to us-thank you! |
