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TELL THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY THAT THEIR CLIMATE-DENYING BS IS UNACCEPTABLE. 

From Maressa Brown Levy: The fact that the verified, official Twitter account House Committee on Science, Space, & Technology has tweeted a climate change-denying link from Breitbart (http://www.nbcnews.com/…/house-science-committee-tweets-cli…) is INTOLERABLE.
Let's call the people on the committee and our own reps about this B.S! Here are the names of the people on this Committee: https://science.house.gov/about/members
SCRIPT (feel free to modify and shorten if it's too much for you, but all the info you need is in there!):
Hi, my name is [your name], and I'd like to bring to [insert your Rep/Sen.'s name] attention that today, the House Committee on Science, Space, & Technology tweeted a story from Breitbart -- a far-right, opinion-based site that is not a credible source and is also a huge platform for the "white supremacy" aka white supremacists. This is nothing short of an abhorrent disgrace. Congress represents all Americans, the overwhelming majority of whom are threatened, horrified, and disgusted by the hateful rhetoric pedaled by Breitbart. The overwhelming majority of Americans also support immediate, aggressive action on the very FACTUAL threat of climate change. http://www.gallup.com/…/concern-global-warming-eight-year-h…
Seeing a government institution tweeting links from Breitbart, let alone false information about climate change, is inexcusable. I ask that you please speak out against this unacceptable action -- and fight for facts and action on climate change on behalf of your constituents. Thank you!

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