Dear Friends of Liberty,

No sooner than I sent the last email out, HB10 was reassigned to the Senate Commerce & Trade Committee.

Either you are REALLY fast on the draw or they realized their mistake and fixed it. While I have no doubt you are always fast on the draw, I gather they realized their mistake and reassigned the bill to the appropriate committee.

That being said the action has is the same but directed to the members of the Senate Commerce and Trade Committee.

This is the list of the members of that committee:

 Saslaw (Chairman), Colgan, Miller, Y.B., Wampler, Norment, Stosch, Edwards, Watkins, Wagner, Newman, Puckett, Puller, Herring, McEachin, Deeds

Suggested script:

Dear Senator ___________,

On January 18, 2010 I was one of approximately 2400 citizens who came to the state capitol to lobby and rally for support of Delegate Bob Marshall's HB10, the Virginia Healthcare Freedom Act.

I believe that the federal government is stepping outside its authority to mandate that each citizen of this nation purchase a federally approved health care plan. No court has ever ruled in favor of a contract entered into under duress. But if the proposed federal mandate passes, every citizen will be forced to comply or be taxed $1900 and if they don't pay, could even be sentenced to a year in jail under IRS laws.

These 2400 citizens asked Delegate Bob Marshall to provide us with a bill to protect the citizens of Virginia against this federal mandate and he answered to our call with HB10, the Virginia Healthcare Freedom Act.

Now I ask you, will you protect the rights of the citizens of our great Commonwealth by voting "yes" to HB10 when it comes up in your committee for a vote?

Sincerely,

(Your name)

Thank you for your patience and for all you.

Yours in liberty,

Donna Holt