Today’s the day that we flood Congress with phone calls in support of the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, the bold new bill that will address our plastic 
pollution crisis.
Phone lines are opened – can you pick up the phone right now?
1. Call your members of Congress:
If you are in New York, Representative Thomas R. Suozzi, Senator Charles E. Schumer, and Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand at (202) 225-3335,(202) 224-6542,(202) 224-4451, respectively, or click here to find your member of Congress.
2. Use the suggested script below (you may have to leave a message which is also fine).
3. Repeat the process until you’ve called all of your members of Congress.
4. Don’t forget to click here to report your calls – it’s really important for us to know if you got through and how they went.
SUGGESTED SCRIPT (feel free to use your own words, too, of course):
“Hi, my name is YOUR NAME.
I’m calling from YOUR TOWN/CITY to ask you the SENATOR/REPRESENTATIVE to co-sponsor the Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act.
I’m very concerned about the growing amount of plastic that’s littering our oceans and rivers, filling up landfills, hurting wildlife, and polluting our air, water, soil and even our bodies.
The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act is the only bill yet introduced in Congress that will actually address our growing plastic pollution crisis by reducing the amount of plastic produced and shifting more responsibility to manufacturers to deal with the mess their products create, as well as pausing unnecessary new plastic production.
I hope the SENATOR/REPRESENTATIVE will co-sponsor the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act without delay and be a leader in confronting this major environmental and public health crisis.”
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