The OP put this link in, but didn't label it.
CLICK THIS LINK and take less than a minute to send emails to your Senators and Congressman to maintain the ATP requirement.
Maintaining the Current Minimum First Officer Qualifications
Politicians respond to constituent responses when they achieve a numerical threshold. A dozen; a few hundred? Meh.
Multiple thousands? They might put down their latest issue of "Modern Malfeasance" long enough to craft a response.
Later, while conducting a 'caucus' at a DC gentlemen's club, if a cohort grouses about "....a bunch of whiney pilots clogging my mail and phone; I can't even enjoy this lap-dance," they may resolve to look at it in committee.
Sadly, statistics show that fewer than 10% of all ALPA members can even be bothered to respond to Calls to Action.