Federalregister.gov needs our partication
Lurking in some Talking Points Memo comments on the repub healthcare failure, someone commented that we could still be screwed by proposals and changes to existing laws at the agency level. Although these amendments require a 60-day public comments period before passing most of the voting public has no idea these laws are being quietly amended without our knowledge. Easy amendment to laws meant to protect us depends on our collective ignorance about this sometimes underhanded undoing of laws that keep greed-mangers from doing more harm than they already do. This is not limited to healthcare issues either!
Enter the Federal Register, which calls itself "The Journal of the US Government".
https://www.federalregister.gov/
As US citizens, we have the right to audit the activity of The Peoples' Business. Out of curiosity, I went to the website and reviewed at random some of these amendments in the works and was APPALLED!
For example, there's a proposal to eliminate the requirement for vision testing of commercial drivers! So that racing semi that nearly ran you off the road on the Interstate? The driver could be legally blind and within the law, if relaxed, and there would be little if anything, short of trying to sue the trucking company, that you could do about it!
There are scarier proposals about pesticide exemptions, extending the collection of citizen info, the removal of dangerous sites from the Superfund list...
But, take heart, my fellow DUers, the website has an effective citizen email alert system that will keep us informed of public comment periods for any issues of your choosing. We owe it to our country to get involved in this, especially when our calls, emails, tweets, etc to Congress fall on deaf ears. I see this website as another opportunity to be heard and not feel powerless in the toxic environment of a do-nothing Republican Congress majority and a criminal, treasonous Administration. So, visit the website. Get mad. And get ready to push back.
As I see it, every little bit helps. Well, back to the Federal Registry website. Thanks for listening, guys.
