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Please make your letter personal by adding your own thoughts and concerns. Every letter makes a difference, but customized letters have the greatest effect! Here are some questions that might help you tailor your letter:

What are the current gas prices in your area?
How do the increasing fiscal, environmental, and national security threats associated with our dependence on oil affect you and your family?
Did you take action on the president's disappointing revisions to Corporate Fuel Economy standards?
Have you taken personal steps to help reduce U.S. oil consumption?

For the health and safety of future generations, America needs to reduce our reliance on oil. Fortunately, a new opportunity to strengthen auto fuel economy standards is moving fast in the House of Representatives. On May 9 the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed a bill that gives the president authority to revise fuel economy standards for cars. While it is unlikely that the president would use this authority to make any meaningful changes, Representatives Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) and Edward Markey (D-MA) will propose an amendment to the bill when it reaches the full House that would require an increase in the fuel economy of both cars and light trucks to 33 miles per gallon by 2016.

Please ask your member of Congress to vote for the Boehlert-Markey fuel economy amendment and oppose any final legislation that fails to include a specific numeric increase in fuel economy.

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