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At 00:03 2001/04/17 -0700, mary yost wrote: >Mike Claeys asked that this message be posted to the PIEN list, adding "I >just can't help staying involved in advocacy.": [Thanks, Mike!] > >Mary Yost >___________________________________________________ > > >"On Thursday, April 12, Lorraine Jeffe asked why long-time Parkinson's >advocate Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI) is not a cosponsor of Congresswoman >Carolyn Maloney's (D-NY) H.CON.RES.17, a House bill expressing the sense of >the Congress supporting Federal funding of pluripotent stem cell research. > >Good question. Why not call Congressman's Upton's office in D.C. at (202) >225-3761 and ask him yourself? We just paid our taxes, that should be worth >an answer, right? > >And just so you know I'm not picking on Mr. Upton or Lorraine -- I am a big >fan of both -- every Listserve member can and should call your >Representative and two Senators by dialing the Congressional Operator at >(202) 224-3121 and asking for your legislators by name, or by giving the >operator your home state or zip code. > >Tell your legislators what you think. Tell them to support increased >funding for Parkinson's research: a $143 million dollar increase at NIH and >$50 million for the Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Research Program at the >Department of Defense. Tell them to support federal funding of stem cell >research, and to tell President Bush to do the same. Tell them to lower >taxes if you want... just get involved! > >If you have any questions about who to call or what to do, please contact >the new Washington, D.C. office of the Parkinson's Action Network at (703) >518-8877 -- they are there to help you make your voice heard. > >And you can always contact me at the information below. Together we can >help beat Parkinson's in this decade. > >Sincerely, > >Michael Claeys >Research Policy Coordinator >The Michael J. Fox Foundation > for Parkinson's Research >381 Park Avenue South, Suite 820 >New York, NY 10016 >(212) 213-3525, ext. 207 >(212) 213-3523 - fax >[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> thanks to mike 'n' mary! janet just another canadian janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky PD: 54/41/37 CD: 54/44/43 TEL: 613 256 8340 EMAIL: [log in to unmask] "a new voice" home page: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ . "new voice news" latest posts: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nvnNET/ . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn