U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe from Oklahoma is using his position as Chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee and the military funding process to deprive an Oklahoma town and several tribal governments of their right to protect themselves from flooding and toxic pollution.

In a transparent attempt to further special interests, Senator Inhofe snuck a last-minute amendment, section 6021, into the Senate version of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Section 6021 has nothing to do with national defense—it is a special provision designed to corrupt the relicensing of Oklahoma’s Grand Lake Pensacola hydroelectric dam. The amendment would make it easier to raise water levels in Grand Lake by steamrolling the concerns of upstream communities plagued by flooding, all to satisfy the demands of boat dealers and wealthy lake house owners, including Senator Inhofe himself.

Join us in standing up against this blatant abuse of power. Call your U.S. House Representative today and tell them to make sure that the provisions in section 6021 about the Pensacola Dam are rejected and eliminated from the NDAA as it moves through the House.