 |
 |
IF IT SEEMS LIKE I AM SHOUTING, ITS BECUASE THE BUILDING IS ON FIRE. THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE OF THE US HOUSE AND SENATE MAY VOTE ON THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL TODAY. IF THEY VOTE TO INCLUDE THE WELDON AMENDMENT (286) TO THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL (HR 2799), IT WILL EFFECTIVELY KILL ALL EMBRYONIC STEM RESEARCH IN THE US BY DENYING PATENTS "ON CLAIMS DIRECTED TO OR ENCOMPASSING A HUMAN ORGANISM." WELDON DOESN'T SAY IT CLEARLY, BUT HE MEANS EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS. NO PATENT - RESEARCH DIES - PERIOD. This vote is by far the most significant congressional action since the Udall Bill of 1996. Please contact the House Conferees and urge their vote NO on inclusion of the Weldon patent amendment. Bill Young, R-FL10 Chairman 202-225-5961 David Obey D-WI7 Ranking Minority Member 202-225-3365 Ralph Regula, R-OH-16 202-225-3876 Jerry Lewis, R-CA-41 202-225-5861 Frank Wolf, R-VA-10 202-225-5136 James Walsh, R-NY-25 202-225-3701 David Hobson, R-OH-7 202-225-4324 Henry Bonilla, R-TX-23 202-225-4511 Jack Kingston, R-GA-1 202-225-5831 Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-NJ-11 202-225-5034 George Nethercutt, Jr., R-WA-5 202-225-2006 Tom Latham, R-IA-4 202-225-5476 Virgil Goode, I-VA-5 202-225-4711 Ray LaHood, R-IL-18 202-225-6201 John Murtha, D-PA-12 202-225-2065 Alan Mollohan, D-WV-1 202-225-4172 Marcy Kaptur, D-OH-9 202-225-4146 Jose Serrano, D-NY-16 202-225-4361 Rosa DeLauro, D-CT-3 202-225-3661 Maurice Hinchey, D-NY-22 202-225-6335 Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-CA-34 202-225-1766 Sam Farr, D-CA-17 202-225-2861 Allen Boyd, D-FL-2 202-225-5235 Chaka Fattah, D-PA-2 202-225-4001 Thanks. Your call could be the one that swings the vote on this most important issue. Greg --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now