[NLA] Discussion: HR 4092 ("super waiver") Update

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David,  This is the information I received.  Hopefully, it will be helpful.



ACTION AGENDA
         Sende-mail, fax or phone messages to your member of the House of  
Representatives and  any Senators from your State who serve onany of the 
Committees or lists shown below. 
 
Tell them:
 
that adult educators are opposed to being included in the waiver provisions 
contained in theHouse welfare reauthorization proposal (HR4092) and 
respectfully request thatadult education not be subject to the waiver 
authority because:
 
the measure is so broad that it could allow larger programs toswallow up 
smaller ones thatthe Congress has seen fit to authorize - there is no 
guarantee that monies willbe expended on the goals and purposes of 
contributing programs in proportion tothe size of their contribution;
 
it could violate State constitutional separation of powers between 
educationagencies and Governors in many States;
 
it could endanger the hard fought principle of direct andequitable access to 
adult education State grant funds by community, volunteer,and faith-based 
programs by assigning responsibility for adult education to a single provider 
agency;
 
it could override statewide needs assessments and planningprocesses;
 
it could change eligibility requirements to abandon populationstargeted by 
the Congress; 
 
it raises a number of problems with respect to accountability targets and 
incentive grantsbecause of potential diversion of monies to activities that 
would notcontribute to meeting negotiated targets; and
 
the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act already givessufficient 
flexibility to  States to respond to its adult educationneeds, including the 
needs of welfare recipients and the objectives of thewaiver process can be 
accomplished through memoranda of understanding betweencooperating programs – 
involving specific waiver requests,  ifneeded.

 
SENATECOMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES:
 
AppropriationsSubcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
 
MEMBER                POSITION         MEMBER                POSITION
Harkin(IA)           Chairman                         Specter (PA)          
Ranking
Hollings(SC)                                          Cochran (MS)
Inouye(HI)                                            Gregg (NH)
Reid (NV)                                              Craig (ID)
Kohl (WI)                                              Hutchison (TX)
Murray(WA)                                            Stevens (AK)
Landrieu(LA)                                          DeWine (OH
Byrd (WV)
Committee onFinance
 
MEMBER                POSITION         MEMBER                POSITION
Baucus(MT)           Chairman                         Grassley(IA)         
Ranking
Rockefeller(WV)                                       Hatch (UT)
Daschle(SD)                                           Murkowski (AK)
Breaux(LA)                                            Nickles (OK)
Conrad(ND)                                            Gramm (TX)
Graham(FL)                                            Lott (MS)
Jeffords(VT)                                          Thompson (TN)
Bingaman(NM)                                          Snowe (ME)
Kerry (MA)                                             Kyl (AZ)
Torricelli(NJ)                                        Thomas (WY)
Lincoln (AR)
 
MajorityMembers: 11                                   Minority Members: 10
TotalMembers:  21
TotalSubcommittees:     5
 
 
Committee onHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions
 
MEMBER                POSITION         MEMBER                POSITION
Kennedy(MA)          Chairman         Gregg (NH)            Ranking
Dodd (CT)                                             Frist (TN)
Harkin(IA)                                            Enzi (WY)
Mikulski(MD)                                          Hutchinson (AR)
Jeffords(VT)                                          Warner (VA)
Bingaman(NM)                                         Bond (MO)
Wellstone(MN)                                         Roberts (KS)
Murray(WA)                                            Collins (ME)
Reed (RI)                                              Sessions (AL)
Edwards(NC)                                           DeWine (OH)
Clinton (NY)
 
MajorityMembers: 11                                   MinorityMembers: 10
TotalMembers:  21
TotalSubcommittees:     4
 
OTHER SENATORSTO CONTACT
 
Byron Dorgan ND
Richard DurbinIL
 
To find contactinformation go to  on theweb.  Click on “Candidates, Issues 
andMuch More.” Enter your full zip code. Your State’s elected officials’ 
names will appear to the right.  Click on any name and you will 
findbiographical information and contact information. 
 
 
 
 
 

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