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-------------------------------------------------- From: "Diane Wyshak" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 3:20 PM To: "ray" <[log in to unmask]>; "Dr. Kong" <[log in to unmask]>; "don reed" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Fw: [CAMR.friends] Congress Won't Act on Stem Cells...Unless We MakeThem > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hughes, Lisa" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Cc: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 4:27 PM > Subject: [CAMR.friends] Congress Won't Act on Stem Cells...Unless We Make > Them > > > Dear CAMR friends: > > Let me start by introducing myself. As of January 2010, I am the acting > President of the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR.) > What an honor it is to be in this role. > > Since August, you have probably been following judicial activity which has > severely jeopardized momentum of embryonic stem cell research. The court > if > currently hearing a case and an appeal that will impact the future of the > NIH guidelines funding grants in embryonic stem cell research. > Information > regarding CAMR's action in the courts and all judicial documents are > available on the CAMR website at > www.camradvocacy.org<http://www.camradvocacy.org/>. > > While the courts are hearing this case, it is incumbent upon us to > encourage > Congress to act THIS YEAR to ensure, through the legislative process, that > Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research can continue. We are > encouraging our members and our friends to contact their elected officials > in their home districts and states and urge them to act on this issue in > the > lame duck session scheduled for mid-November. Below is an action alert > that > we recently sent to our membership. We hope that you will share this > information with your constituencies as well! > > Lisa Hughes > President, CAMR > > ********************************************************************************************* > > > Please ask your memberships to reach out to their Congressional > representatives in their local offices. Most Congressional member > websites > have contact information for those local offices – phone and fax numbers > (see below for helpful links*). Some of the district offices will > transfer > calls about legislation directly to DC, and that’s ok! What we need to do > is get the phones in the local offices ringing off the hook about stem > cell > research, even if the DC offices ultimately take the comments. > > We also need for people to go to town hall meetings and other campaign > events and make the case in person to House and Senate Members that > Congress > take up stem cell research legislation during the “lame duck” session when > Congress returns to DC after the elections. > > The message continues to be the same: > Ask House Representatives to cosponsor and pass H.R. 4808 and Senators to > cosponsor and pass S. 3766 this year. The “Stem Cell Research Advancement > Act” will provide protection for NIH to continue to support the critical > life-saving research that provides hope to millions of patients and their > families. > > The importance of this “local” activity cannot be overemphasized. If > Members of Congress don’t hear directly from constituents that this is > important to them, the possibility of Congress acting to protect important > stem cell research during the short remainder of the 111th Congress is > virtually nil. > > As we move closer to Congress’ return to Washington, CAMR will be in touch > with you at least weekly (and likely more often) with messages that we > need > for you to share with your memberships. We need to build up some serious > momentum of constituent interest to have any chance of prevailing this > year. > > Thank you, as always, for your action and involvement. > > -jennifer > > Jennifer Poulakidas > CAMR, VP of Legislative Affairs > > *Individuals can use the following websites to link to the web pages of > their local U.S. House and Senate representatives. Once on a Member’s > website, there will usually be a “contact” link. That link will have > information about local offices, including phone and fax numbers. > LET’S GET THOSE LOCAL PHONES RINGING!! > http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml > http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> _______________________________________________ >> CAMR.friends mailing list >> [log in to unmask] >> http://www.freehood.net/mailman/listinfo/camr.friends >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn