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FROM Parkinson's Action Network: From: "Laura Jane Cohen" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:23:02 -0400 Subject: URGENT ACTION NEEEDED!!! CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TODAY!! SUPPORT THE NETRP!! ACTION ALERT!!! The NETRP needs your help!!! We have learned from our friends on the Hill that once again the Department of Defense Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Research Program (NETRP) is in danger of receiving a cut. As many of you remember, this has become the annual routine in the committee and every year we all push very hard to get them to increase the levels in the full Appropriations committee and finally in the conference committee (where they reconcile the House and Senate numbers in the budget before a final vote by the full House and Senate). Well, here we go again… The program, which is part of the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill, desperately needs the support of the Members of the House Appropriations Committee. They are scheduled to take this bill under consideration tomorrow a.m. This is where you all come in! We need immediate action! Below, I have included a list of who sits on the Appropriations Committee. If one of these folks is your Member of Congress (or you have any relationship with a Member or office) please call them and ask them to support the much needed $57 million for the NETRP in Fiscal Year 2005. (I have included a sample script below) If your Member is not on the Appropriations committee, please call them and let them know how important this project is and that you are asking them to contact the Members of the Appropriations committee and voice their support for $57 million for NETRP for Fiscal Year 2005. Also, please find below an NETRP fact sheet. Please feel free to give us a call if you have any questions (1-800-850-4726). Thanks so much! Together we make a difference! Best- Laura Jane Laura Jane Cohen Director of Outreach Parkinson's Action Network 1000 Vermont Ave., NW Suite 900 Washington, D.C. 20005 ph: 202-842-4101 ext. 104 or 800-850-4726 fax: 202-842-4105 [log in to unmask] www.parkinsonsaction.org Appropriations Committee Member List: Majority Members Minority Members C. W. Bill Young, FL (R - Chairman) David R. Obey, WI (D - Ranking Member) Ralph Regula, OH (R) John P. Murtha, PA (D) Jerry Lewis, CA (R) Norman D. Dicks, WA (D) Harold Rogers, KY (R) Martin Olav Sabo, MN (D) Frank R. Wolf, VA (R) Steny H. Hoyer, MD (D) Jim Kolbe, AZ (R) Alan B. Mollohan, WV (D) James Walsh, NY (R) Marcy Kaptur, OH (D) Charles H. Taylor, NC (R) Peter J. Visclosky, IN (D) David L. Hobson, OH (R) Nita M. Lowey, NY (D) Ernest J. Istook, Jr., OK (R) Jose E. Serrano, NY (D) Henry Bonilla, TX (R) Rosa L. DeLauro, CT (D) Joe Knollenberg, MI (R) James P. Moran, VA (D) Jack Kingston, GA (R) John W. Olver, MA (D) Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, NJ (R) Ed Pastor, AZ (D) Roger F. Wicker, MS (R) David E. Price, NC (D) George R. Nethercutt, Jr., WA (R) Chet Edwards, TX (D) Randy "Duke" Cunningham, CA (R) Robert E. "Bud" Cramer, Jr., AL (D) Todd Tiahrt, KS (R) Patrick J. Kennedy, RI (D) Zach Wamp, TN (R) James E. Clyburn, SC (D) Tom Latham, IA (R) Maurice D. Hinchey, NY (D) Anne Northup, KY (R) Lucille Roybal-Allard, CA (D) Robert Aderholt, AL (R) Sam Farr, CA (D) Jo Ann Emerson, MO (R) Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., IL (D) Kay Granger, TX (R) Carolyn C. Kilpatrick, MI (D) John E. Peterson, PA (R) Allen Boyd, FL (D) Virgil Goode, VA (I) Chaka Fattah, PA (D) John Doolittle, CA (R) Steven R. Rothman, NJ (D) Ray LaHood, IL (R) Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., GA (D) John Sweeney, NY (R) Marion Berry, AR (D) David Vitter, LA (R) Don Sherwood, PA (R) Dave Weldon, FL (R) Michael K. Simpson, ID (R) John Abney Culberson, TX (R) Mark Steven Kirk, IL (R) Ander Crenshaw, FL (R) Script for Congressional Calls on the U.S. Army Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Research Program (NETRP) Below, please find a suggested script for you to follow during phone calls to Members of Congress on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. Remember these calls need to be made by tomorrow a.m. Please feel free to edit the script so that it reflects your personal style. SCRIPT: My name is ________________ from _________________ (city, state). As your constituent, I am asking Representative ____________ , as a member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee to support our troops and those with Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases by supporting $57 million in funding for the U.S. Army Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Research Program (NETRP) in Fiscal Year 2005 in tomorrow’s full committee markup. American forces may be exposed to a wide range of environmental stressors and toxins and scientists believe that exposures of this nature increase the risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases, and in particular Parkinson’s disease. The NETRP works to identify these toxins and ultimately minimize their danger. Findings from the NETRP program are broadly applicable to those diagnosed with Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative disorders (such as Alzheimer’s, ALS, and Huntington's disease), accelerating the availability of new treatments and therapies. I ask for your strong support for funding this vital program at $57 million for Fiscal Year 2005, which would enable the NETRP to continue improving the health and readiness of our military and, at the same time, bring hope to the more than one million Americans who already have Parkinson’s and the 60,000 who are newly diagnosed each year. 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