TMRA2 Legislative Update

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American Majority is partnering with Americans for Prosperity to host a Candidate and Activist Training in Bell County, TX on Saturday, February 18. The goal is to provide attendees with the tools necessary to win elections and implement limited government and free market principles.

In addition to providing an opportunity to meet other patriots in your community, the seminar provides an opportunity to network and learn from grassroots organizers with successful campaign experience. Topics to be covered during the training include:

Activist Training: Attending a protest or rally is no longer enough, we must learn to organize and communicate our advocacy effectively. From organizational structure to advanced new media training, American Majority’s Activism Training will prepare you to make substantial changes in your community.

Candidate Training: America is in serious need of principled leadership. If you are looking to move beyond protests and rallies, to implementing freedom and liberty, American Majority’s Candidate Training will help equip you with the tools necessary to run for office and to win. In addition, we will provide the extended knowledge and resources needed to guide effective decisions once in office.

Event Schedule

8:30 a.m. Registration
9 – 9:50 a.m. Precinct Power: Hardwiring your precinct for conservative victory – Raz Shafer
10 – 10:50 a.m. The Keys to Grassroots Action – Lou Ann Anderson
11 – 11:50 a.m. Social Capitalism: Finding your voice online – Raz Shafer
Noon – 1 p.m. Lunch – Special Presentation by Peggy Venable
1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Running for Office Part 1 – Raz Shafer
2:15 – 3:15 p.m. Running for Office Part 2 – Raz Shafer
3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Wrap-Up

The training will take place at the Belton La Quinta (I-35 at West Loop 121 – Exit 292). The event will begin promptly at 9AM and end at 3:30PM. Registration begins at 8:30AM. Registration is $25 per activist and $50 per candidate. This includes training materials and a box lunch. Seating is limited so pre-registration is strongly encouraged.

http://americanmajority.org/events/bell-county-tx-candidate-activist-training/

Tuesday, Feburary 7th, the United States House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology passed HR 3199 – a bill that would require a comprehensive study of the scientific and technical research on the implications of fuel with more than 10 percent ethanol. Essentially, this bill would slow down the fast tracking of the fuel blend that is 15 percent or more ethanol. The Administration made it legal at the end of 2010 for fuel suppliers to sell the blend.

In an Opinon Editorial to the Hill newspaper, Rep. Sensenbrenner (WI) had this to say, “Many claims by E15′s supporters are questionable. For instance, ethanol’s proponents argue that ethanol is cheaper. But this claim ignores the fact that E15 lowers fuel efficiency. Since ethanol’s energy content is just 70 percent of the energy content of gasoline, American drivers will be forced to make more trips to the pump, largely negating any savings from E15.”

Sensenbrenner added, “As bad as E15 is for our cars, it is downright dangerous in small gasoline-based engines like those in our lawnmowers, boats and ATVs. E15 in a boat engine is like metal in a microwave. The United States Coast Guard warned that E15 in marine engines increases the risk of fires and explosions. And, “The EPA dismisses these concerns — from stakeholders within the government, no less — because these engines are not included in EPA’s E15 waiver, but EPA is willfully ignoring inevitable issues with misfueling and lack of availability of fuel with lower ethanol content. At a Science Committee hearing last year, we examined the EPA’s E15 decision, and witnesses testified that the agency cannot prevent misfueling.”

We at the MRF are all for reducing our dependence on foreign oil and keeping the planet healthy, but the facts are not all in when it comes to the 15 percent blend when used in a motorcycle engine. In fact, the Motorcycle Industry Council has said that the blend could be harmful to motorcycles. The EPA went so far as to say that motorcycles are prohibited from using the new blend altogether.

Until further comprehensive study, such as required by this legislation, is conducted we must issue caution when using the new blend.

The MRF will keep you updated on this and every other issue effecting motorcyclists from Washington DC.