The mailing includes comments by Senator Richard Lugar, chair of the Senate foreign relations committee, addressing the Senate on August 15. The mailing says Lugar's comments were made on the floor of the Senate during debate on an amendment to his bill, S. 2701, offered by Senators D'Amato and Moynihan that would have made sure that state and local anti-apartheid statutes were not infringed upon by passage of sanctions at the federal level; the amendment was defeated by a vote of 65 to 34, and as a result preemption has become a serious threat to the divestment and selective purchasing movement. The mailing says on June 18, the House passed HR 4868, a strong anti-apartheid bill that would...
The mailing includes comments by Senator Richard Lugar, chair of the Senate foreign relations committee, addressing the Senate on August 15. The mailing says Lugar's comments were made on the floor of the Senate during debate on an amendment to his bill, S. 2701, offered by Senators D'Amato and Moynihan that would have made sure that state and local anti-apartheid statutes were not infringed upon by passage of sanctions at the federal level; the amendment was defeated by a vote of 65 to 34, and as a result preemption has become a serious threat to the divestment and selective purchasing movement. The mailing says on June 18, the House passed HR 4868, a strong anti-apartheid bill that would ban all investment in and trade with South Africa; this legislation contrasts sharply with the bill the Senate passed in mid-August that includes only a limited ban on new investment in South Africa, a ban on new bank loans and a ban on U.S. imports of certain specific commodities. The mailing says it is important that both Senators and Congressional Representatives be urged to support adoption by the full Congress of the strong measures passed by the House. The mailing asks people to contact their Senators and Representative and they be urged to call on conference committee members to adopt the strong economic sanctions passed by the House and to make an unambiguous statement that there is no intent to preempt existing statutes at the local level. • The Need For Pressure on the Conference Committee • WE NEED YOU TO CONTACT YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES NOW
