
MEDIA ADVISORY: Telephone Briefing on Sunset Commission Bills
by Guest Blogger, 7/24/2006
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
