Federal Issues (4/1/17 update)

(cf., USCCB, USCCB's Catholics Confront Global Poverty, USCCB's Justice for Immigrants, USCCB's Marriage Unique for a Reason's March 2017 Newsletter, Pa Catholic Conference, Human Life Action, Human Life Action's 12/16/16 email)

There are current alerts to contact the White House:

• Contact the President and Vice President Today and Urge Them to Support Religious Liberty! (Urge President Trump to Sign Executive Order Respecting Religious Freedom)

• In Solidarity with Refugees (Tell your legislators to suspend the refugee executive order!) 

There are current alerts to contact our elected representatives in D.C.:

• No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion

• Urge Congress to Enact the Conscience Protection Act of 2017! (Urge Congress to Enact the Conscience Protection Act of 2017!) 

• Support SJ Res 13

• Urge Congress to Protect Human Dignity and Combat Human Trafficking!

• In Solidarity with Refugees (Tell your legislators to suspend the refugee executive order!; Please Support the BRIDGE ACT and DACA Youth)

• Urge Congress to Address Hunger and Climate Change Now! (Protect Foreign Assistance to Combat Climate Change)

• Urge Congress to press Israel to stop confiscation of Christian lands in Cremisan Valley
  ("Israelis should not have to live in fear of Hamas' indiscriminate rocket attacks on civilian areas. At the same time, Palestinians should not have to live in fear for their lives from air and ground attacks or to suffer the humiliations of occupation....In August 2015, Israel's Supreme Court granted approval for the building of a separation barrier through the pristine Cremisan Valley. The Cremisan Valley lies in the West Bank on the Palestinian side of the Green Line, adjacent to Beit Jala and Bethlehem.  The separation barrier through the Cremisan Valley will have devastating effects for the local community, confiscating Palestinian agricultural and recreational lands of over 50 Christian families.  This threatens the livelihoods of the remaining Christian community of Bethlehem....The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has long supported a two-state solution, secure and recognized Israel living in peace alongside a viable and independent Palestinian state.  USCCB asks you to urge Congress to press Israeli authorities to stop the work on the Separation Wall in the Cremisan Valley.")