1. Call all the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee today. You can either use MoveOn's free call tool - they'll connect you, provide a script and even pay for the call or I've included all the members' names and numbers and a sample script you can use below.
2. Then call your Senators to urge them to vote NO on Senator Sessions and Betsy DeVos. DeVos' confirmation hearing is also scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday) and who would be the very first Secretary of Education who has neither attended, taught at or sent her children to a public school. Not only does she appear to know very little about public education, she's also been pretty clear that she has very little investment in seeing it succeed. We also need to demand at least 30 hours of debate on each of Trump's other nominees including Tom Price and Steve Mnuchin (before they vote NO).
Please be polite and use your own words. You do not have to be an expert and it's okay to be nervous.
Script for Calls to Senate Judiciary Committee Members
Hi, thanks for taking my call. My name is (NAME) and I'm calling from (YOUR TOWN OR CITY) to urge the Senator to vote "NO" on confirming Senator Jeff Sessions' nomination to the position of Attorney General. Senator Sessions has a clear record of supporting racist, sexist, anti-LGBT, anti-environment, and anti-immigrant policies. He opposes voting rights and criminal-justice reform, as well as marriage equality. And I have heard reports that he was directly involved in drafting the horrific, unconstitutional, un-American executive order President Trump signed banning Muslims. I am urging Senator (NAME OF SENATOR) to vote against Sen. Sessions at his confirmation hearing tomorrow. We deserve an attorney general who will fight for all of us and we deserve better. I will be watching the vote closely. Thank you so much for taking the time to listen.
Script for Calls to Your Senators
Hi, my name is (NAME) and I'm a constituent calling from (YOUR TOWN OR CITY) to urge the Senator to vote "NO" on confirming Senator Jeff Sessions' nomination to the position of Attorney General. Senator Sessions has a clear record of supporting racist, sexist, anti-LGBT, anti-environment, and anti-immigrant policies. He opposes voting rights and criminal-justice reform, as well as marriage equality. And I have heard reports that he was directly involved in drafting the horrific, unconstitutional, un-American executive order President Trump signed banning Muslims. I am also urging the Senator to vote NO on confirming Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education - she has no relevant experience and appears to have no particular passion for or interest in seeing our public education system succeed. In addition, I want to urge the Senator to insist on a full 30 hours of debate for all of Trump's cabinet nominees to allow the American public to get to know them better. Thank you so much for taking the time to listen.
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
| Republican Members | |
| Orrin G. Hatch (UT) | (202) 224-5251 |
| Lindsey Graham (SC) | (202) 224-5972 |
| John Cornyn (TX) | 202-224-2934 |
| Michael S. Lee (UT) | 202-224-5444 |
| Ted Cruz (TX) | (202) 224-5922 |
| Ben Sasse (NE) | 202-224-4224 |
| Jeff Flake (AZ) | 202-224-4521 |
| Mike Crapo (ID) | (202) 224-6142 |
| Thom Tillis (NC) | (202) 224-6342 |
| John Kennedy (LA) | 202-224-4623 |
| Democrat Members | |
| Patrick Leahy (VT) | (202) 224-4242 (already opposed - tell him thx!) |
| Dick Durbin (IL) | (202) 224-2152 |
| Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) | (202) 224-2921 (already opposed - tell him thx!) |
| Amy Klobuchar (MN) | 202-224-3244 (already opposed - tell her thx!) |
| Al Franken (MN) | (202) 224-5641 (already opposed - tell him thx!) |
| Christopher A. Coons (DE) | (202) 224-5042 (already opposed - tell him thx!) |
| Richard Blumenthal (CT) | (202) 224-2823 (already opposed - tell him thx!) |
| Mazie Hirono (HI) | (202) 224-6361 (already opposed- tell her thx!) |
3. If you want to do more, come out to a local Resist Trump rally tomorrow, Tuesday. Find one near you here via MoveOn. You can also sign up to host your own rally!
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