• Get smart and get vocal with Public Citizen Action Alerts.



• Steamed? Write your reps. It's fast, it's easy, it's democracy at work.



• Does your elected rep vote for you? Find out here.



• Get published. Write your local editor.

It's Your Money: Don't Let Big Oil Get It   In 2007, oil companies received $9 billion in government subsidies, considerably more than what was spent on all federal renewable energy and energy conservation programs. Tell Congress: Stop Spending Taxpayer Dollars to Subsidize Big Oil

Latest Public Citizen Action Items

Your search returned 64 matches
First 4 records

Urge your representative and senators to cosponsor the TRADE Act
The Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act, cosponsored by fair trade champions Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Rep. Mike Michaud (D-Maine), was introduced on June 4, 2008 with over 50 House and Senate original cosponsors! This landmark legislation sets forth in concrete, detailed terms a progressive vision for good trade agreements in the future and criteria to renegotiate existing failed pacts like NAFTA and the WTO. We now need as many representatives and senators as possible to publicly support this bill by signing on as cosponsors.

Help Protect Government Whistleblowers
When scientific research is altered or suppressed, government contractors waste millions of taxpayer dollars, or national security documents are falsified, witnesses need to know that they can blow the whistle without reprisals endangering their careers and their lives.

It's Time to Put Safety First
Defective and dangerous products - from lead-painted toys to vacuum cleaners that catch fire - are being allowed onto our store shelves and into our homes. Tell Congress the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is failing to do its job and now is the time to fix it.

97,000 pound trucks are unfit for our roads!
Industry lobbyists are trying to pressure members of Congress to create a trucking demonstration project in six states that would allow the size and weight limits of these vehicles to jump from 80,000 pounds to nearly 100,000 pounds.

Because Public Citizen does not accept funds from corporations, professional associations or government agencies, we can remain independent and follow the truth wherever it may lead. But that means we depend on the generosity of concerned citizens like you for the resources to fight on behalf of the public interest. If you would like to help us in our fight, click here.