MEDIA ADVISORY: Telephone Briefing on Sunset Commission Bills

by Guest Blogger, 7/24/2006

Performance Measurement, Setting and Enforcing Regulations, Political Interference, Press Room

MEDIA ADVISORY

Contact: Anna Oman, OMB Watch, 202/234-8494, aoman@ombwatch.org

For Tuesday, July 25, 2006, 11:30 a.m. (EST)

TELEPHONE BRIEFING:

House to Vote on Sunset Commission This Week

"Good Government" Scheme Threatens Health, Education and Environmental Protection Programs. Even Social Security is at Risk.

WASHINGTON — Former Texas Sunset Commissioner O.H. "Ike" Harris, Barbara Coufal of AFSME, and Gabriela Lemus of LULAC and Robert Shull of OMB Watch will brief journalists on a dangerous proposal to create an unelected, unaccountable commission empowered to target programs for elimination. More than 300 organizations are opposing the creation of a sunset commission. Speakers tomorrow will discuss the legislation, the Texas experience, and the threat that such commissions pose to the most vulnerable members of our society.

WHO:

  • Robert Shull - Director, Federal Regulatory Policy, OMB Watch (moderator)
  • Gabriela Lemus - Director of Policy and Legislation, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
  • Barbara Coufal - Legislative Affairs Specialist, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees(AFSCME)
  • Former State Senator O.H. "Ike" Harris (R-Dallas, TX) - former member of the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission

WHEN: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 11:30 a.m. (EST)

EMAIL OR CALL FOR CALL-IN INFORMATION

CONTACT: Anna Oman, OMB Watch, 202/234-8494, aoman@ombwatch.org

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