ELCA Action Alert: Protect Funding for Clean Air, Clean Water, and Healthy Habitats
Critical programs that protect the integrity of our air, soil, water, and the habitats that sustain all living creatures are at risk. Take action today to advance this comprehensive legislation.
As Congress considers a budget for 2026, proposals across the government would make deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds, Superfund cleanup and environmental justice programs—rolling back progress on safeguarding public health and creation care. These cuts could result in increased pollution of our air, contamination of our water and degradation of the habitats creation calls home. As people of faith, we are called to steward creation so that all life may flourish. Programs that protect clean air, restore soil health, provide safe drinking water and safeguard habitats for wildlife are essential for the well-being of our neighbors, human and nonhuman alike.
“Our current practices may so alter the living world that it will be unable to sustain life in the manner we know.”
As the ELCA social statement Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope, and Justice cautions, “Our current practices may so alter the living world that it will be unable to sustain life in the manner we know.”
Join us in asking Congress to ensure their budget negotiations reflect the vision of creation flourishing! What do you see locally? Customize this message to increase its effectiveness.
Just because the Government is shut down, and Congress is not in session, doesn’t mean your legislators can’t take calls and consider their decisions about the future of our country. As the House of Representatives aspires to schedule a late committee vote at the end of October, assuming they’re back in session, they need to know your thoughts and feelings!
What are you seeing in your community? Share your customized message with your legislators.
THANK YOU for your advocacy!
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Read the Action Alert in the ELCA Advocacy Action Center.
Arizona Congressional Delegation
Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) (202) 224-2325, Email https://www.kelly.senate.gov/
Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) (202) 224-4521, Email https://www.gallego.senate.gov/
Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ01) (202) 225-2190 or (202) 225-0096, Email https://schweikert.house.gov/contact-form
Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ02) (202) 225-3361, Email https://crane.house.gov/contact
Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D_AZ03) (202) 225-4065, Email https://ansari.house.gov/
Rep. Greg Stanton (D -AZ04) (202) 225-9888, Email https://stanton.house.gov/contact
Rep. Andy Biggs (R- AZ05) (202) 225-2635, Email https://biggs.house.gov/contact/email
Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ06) (202) 225-2542, Email https://ciscomani.house.gov/contact/offices
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ07), (202) 225-2777 (Speaker of the House until Rep. Grijalva is sworn in)
Rep. Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ 08) (202) 225-4576, Email https://hamadeh.house.gov/
Rep. Paul A. Gosar (R -AZ09) (202) 225-2315, Email https://gosar.house.gov/contact/