Please Help Defeat Anti-Iran Bills in Rhode Island

If you live in RI and are willing to send a short email in opposition to bills 521A and 5620, here is a list of email addresses for the members of House Finance Committee and Speaker Fox. You can copy the list into the “To” line or the “Bcc” line.

(RICHMOND, RI) - The RI House Finance Committee is scheduled to vote on two anti-Iran bills (521 Sub A and 5620) tomorrow, June 28. They would establish Rhode Island sanctions on Iran.

For the latest on the bills (including their texts)  go to  http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/

On the line labeled “bills” type  521,5620  and click on the word “Enter”.

The Senate recently passed 521A unanimously. (Our state legislators are as obedient to AIPAC as our congresspersons.)

If you live in RI and are willing to send a short email in opposition to bills 521A and 5620, here is a list of email addresses for the members of House Finance Committee and Speaker Fox. You can copy the list into the “To” line or the “Bcc” line.   

rep-melo@rilin.state.ri.us; rep-gallison@rilin.state.ri.us; rep-silva@rilin.state.ri.us; rep-naughton@rilin.state.ri.us; 'rep-sanbento@rilin.state.ri.us'; rep-carnevale@rilin.state.ri.us; rep-ferri@rilin.state.ri.us; rep-hearn@rilin.state.ri.us; rep-hull@rilin.state.ri.us; rep-jacquard@rilin.state.ri.us; 'rep-malik@rilin.state.ri.us'; rep-morgan@rilin.state.ri.us; rep-ruggiero@rilin.state.ri.us; Rep-slater@rilin.state.ri.us; rep-valencia@rilin.state.ri.us; rep-fox@rilin.state.ri.us

Rod Driver studied engineering and mathematics at the University of Minnesota, receiving a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1960. He worked at Sandia Laboratories in Albuquerque for six years before taking a teaching position at the University of Rhode Island for 30 years. Rod says he became a 'peacenik' in 1951 (thanks to a few weeks on Pariss Island). He became particularly active in opposition to U.S. wars in Indochina and U.S. involvement in overthrowing governments and supporting dictators in Latin America and Iran. As the Vietnam war was winding down Rod began paying attention to the abuse of Palestinians - enabled with U.S. weapons and dollars, which has never stopped. Rod is the founder and president of the non-profit Justice First Foundation.

In Rhode Island Rod was an elected delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1986, Then he was elected a state representative for 10 years. At this time he is not in office. You can write to Rod Driver at this address: rod@roddriver.com