1. United States
2. Mo.
3. Letter

I'm writing as a constituent from your state, and I'm asking you to keep the public lands sell-off out of the Senate version of the budget bill. This bill is full of red flags. It would: - Open up huge areas of public lands across the West and Alaska-including the Arctic Refuge-to new oil and gas drilling. - Gut clean energy programs that support wind and solar, and cut protections that keep communities safe from pollution and climate impacts. - Bring back shady, non-competitive oil and gas leasing, slash royalty payments to the Treasury, and eliminate the methane fee. BLM and Forest Service lands are some of the most accessible, well-loved public lands in the country. These are the places people go to hike, camp, hunt, fish, and reconnect with nature, often without entry fees or permit systems. They're also home to critical wildlife habitat, clean water sources, and Indigenous cultural sites. Selling them off or handing them over to extractive industries threatens everything these lands stand for. This bill is a threat to the places we love and to a future built on clean energy. Public lands should be protected, not sold off or handed over to polluters. Please do everything in your power to remove the sell-off provision, and vote no on any version of the budget bill that sacrifices our public lands. Don't bow down to billionaires!