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The Text of the Letter to President Obama follows; it is provided by the Friends Committee on National Legislation.<div><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="418"><tbody><tr align="center" valign="middle"><td width="416"><div id="ecxcw_subnavtab"><table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr align="center"><td><br></td><td><br></td><td><br></td><td><br></td><td><br></td><td><br></td><td><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="418"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center"> <input value="14449571" type="hidden"><input value="" type="hidden"> <input value="TC" type="hidden"><input value="14449566" type="hidden"> <input value="" type="hidden"><input value="" type="hidden"> <input value="" type="hidden"><input value="" type="hidden"> <input value="V" type="hidden"><input value="" type="hidden"> <input value="" type="hidden"><input value="0" type="hidden"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="539"> <tbody align="left"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <table style="" bgcolor="#eeeeee" cellspacing="3" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="ecxstep" align="left"> <span class="ecxstep">Action Alert</span></td> <td align="right"> <span class="ecxxc_maintext">Enter Your Zip Code:</span> </td> <td align="center"> <input size="5" value="" type="text"> </td> <td align="right" valign="middle"><input value="Go!" type="button"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="539"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right"> <a class="ecxaddthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&pub=hmuljadi"><img src="cid:CCF9E9EC-6EAA-4666-9029-EE9A18FEFD67@local"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="100"><img src="cid:AD9D77F2-DB44-4969-B1D9-4A3CEE7A21E6@local"></td> <td valign="top"> <span class="ecxxc_largetext"><b>Urge Your Rep to Act to End Gaza Suffering</b></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="5"><br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <span class="ecxxc_maintext"> A year after the Gaza war, Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip continue to live in poverty and deprivation. As winter rains and cold arrive, the concrete and other materials needed to rebuild clinics, schools, and homes destroyed in the war a year ago are still banned from entering Gaza. Equipment and supplies to rebuild the public health infrastructure of electricity, water, and sewage networks are also banned. Reps. Jim McDermott (WA) and Keith Ellison (MN) are <a href="http://www.fcnl.org/issues/item.php?item_id=3800&issue_id=36">asking their House colleagues</a> to address this ongoing humanitarian crisis by urging President Obama to make a determined effort to end Gaza suffering.<br> <br> <i><b>Take Action </b></i><br> <br> Write to your representative and urge him or her to join this important effort to end Gaza suffering and reinvigorate U.S. Middle East diplomacy.<br> </span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;"><br></span></font></span></font> <br><hr></blockquote></div><img src="cid:01E86562-027A-4C4F-B44D-3AD140632B94@local"><table width="700.0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 700.0px; margin: 0.0px 257.0px 0.0px 257.0px"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="width: 145.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><br></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br><img src="cid:E359E18B-CBFD-45B9-A08E-71B1F241E4CC@local"><img src="cid:70A2FDB7-E9B3-4180-810D-B1441145A869@local"><br><img src="cid:AF5EBE06-3AEB-4AA0-9CC9-60C47B2CEC35@local"><table width="700.0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 700.0px; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0.0px 257.0px 0.0px 257.0px"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="middle" style="width: 15.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><br></div> </td> <td valign="middle" style="width: 655.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Arial"><b>Issues: Middle East Peace</b></font></p> </td> <td valign="middle" style="width: 30.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Arial"> </font></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="700.0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 700.0px; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0.0px 257.0px 0.0px 257.0px"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="middle" style="width: 15.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Arial"> </font></p> </td> <td valign="middle" style="width: 655.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"> <table width="602.0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 602.0px; margin: 0.0px 27.0px 0.0px 26.0px"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="middle" style="width: 602.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Dear Colleague Letter to Obama: Ease Gaza Suffering</b></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">12/10/2009</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Reps. Jim McDermott (WA) and Keith Ellison (MN) wrote a letter to their colleagues in the House of Representatives to invite them to sign on to their letter asking President Barack Obama to work to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. As the one-year anniversary of the Israeli military operation in Gaza approaches, FCNL is pleased to support this letter in hopes of ending the blockade of Gaza. Urge your representative to sign this letter <a href="http://capwiz.com/fconl/issues/alert/?alertid=14449566"><u>here.</u></a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Organizations supporting this letter include:</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>J Street, Americans for Peace Now (APN), The Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF), The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP), American Association for Palestinian Equal Rights (AAPER), The American Near East Refugee Association (ANERA), The Methodist Church, The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), Rabbis for Human Rights, InterAction, The Getman Group, and MercyCorps</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">***</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Dear Colleagues, </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">As we approach the one year anniversary of military operations in Gaza, I ask that you join with me in sending the following letter to President Obama. It asks him to work for improved conditions for the residents of the Gaza Strip, who have suffered from severe restrictions on the movement of goods and people into and out of Gaza. </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The United States Congress must affirm that the legitimate security needs of Israel and the legitimate needs of Palestinian civilians can both be met. As it stands now, restrictions on basic building supplies, foodstuffs, and medicine have left parents unable to keep their children warm and well fed. This does not contribute to the peace process or any security need, although it may have the effect of consolidating support for those who would respond with terrorist violence. </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">It is both unwise and inhumane to allow this situation to continue as it has. Please join us in asking President Obama to work for tangible improvements to the humanitarian concerns in the Gaza strip. </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Sincerely,</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Jim McDermott, Member of Congress</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Keith Ellison, Member of Congress</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Letter text follows:</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">President Barack Obama</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The White House </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">1600 Pennsylvania Avenue</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Washington, DC 20500</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Dear President Obama,</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Thank you for your ongoing work to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and for your commitment of $300 million in U.S. aid to rebuild the Gaza Strip. We write to you with great concern about the ongoing crisis in Gaza. </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The people of Gaza have suffered enormously since the blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt following Hamas’s coup, and particularly following Operation Cast Lead. We also sympathize deeply with the people of southern Israel who have suffered from abhorrent rocket and mortar attacks. We recognize that the Israeli government has imposed restrictions on Gaza out of a legitimate and keenly felt fear of continued terrorist action by Hamas and other militant groups. This concern must be addressed without resulting in the de facto collective punishment of the Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip. Truly, fulfilling the needs of civilians in Israel and Gaza are mutually reinforcing goals.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The unabated suffering of Gazan civilians highlights the urgency of reaching a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and we ask you to press for immediate relief for the citizens of Gaza as an urgent component of your broader Middle East peace efforts. The current blockade has severely impeded the ability of aid agencies to do their work to relieve suffering, and we ask that you advocate for immediate improvements for Gaza in the following areas: </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">· Movement of people, especially students, the ill, aid workers, journalists, and those with family concerns, into and out of Gaza;</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">· Access to clean water, including water infrastructure materials, </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">· Access to plentiful and varied food and agricultural materials;</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">· Access to medicine and health care products and suppliers;</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">· Access to sanitation supplies, including sanitation infrastructure materials;</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">· Access to construction materials for repairs and rebuilding;</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">· Access to fuel; </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">· Access to spare parts;</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">· Prompt passage into and out of Gaza for commercial and agricultural goods; and</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">· Publication and review of the list of items prohibited to the people of Gaza. </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Winter is arriving and the needs of the people grow ever more pressing. For example, the ban on building materials is preventing the reconstruction of thousands of innocent families’ damaged homes. There is also a concern that unrepaired sewage treatment plants will overflow and damage surrounding property and water resources.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Despite ad hoc easing of the blockade, there has been no significant improvement in the quantity and scope of goods allowed into Gaza. Both the number of trucks entering Gaza per month and the number of days the crossings have been open have declined since March. This crisis has devastated livelihoods, entrenched a poverty rate of over 70%, increased dependence on erratic international aid, allowed the deterioration of public infrastructure, and led to the marked decline of the accessibility of essential services. </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The humanitarian and political consequences of a continued near-blockade would be disastrous. Easing the blockade on Gaza will not only improve the conditions on the ground for Gaza’s civilian population, but will also undermine the tunnel economy which has strengthened Hamas. Under current conditions, our aid remains little more than an unrealized pledge. Most importantly, lifting these restrictions will give civilians in Gaza a tangible sense that diplomacy can be an effective tool for bettering their conditions.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Your Administration’s overarching Middle East peace efforts will benefit Israel, the Palestinians, and the entire region. The people of Gaza, along with all the peoples of the region, must see that the United States is dedicated to addressing the legitimate security needs of the State of Israel and to ensuring that the legitimate needs of the Palestinian population are met. </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Sincerely,</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Members of Congress</font></div> <div style="text-align: right;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><i><br></i></span></font></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td valign="middle" style="width: 30.0px; 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