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Thank you, Ivan Suzman, for the info on Kassenbaum's legislative aide, Dr. Kent Bradley. I used the switchboard number, 1-800-962-3524. He is apparently on Kassebaum's staff on the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, so it is quickest to ask the switchboad for that committee. I explained that I was following up on my letter to Kassebaum of May 20 on the Udall bill. The fact that I had written an [unanswered] letter (which he had not seen) and the fact that I was from Kansas were both of interest to him. I asked him what Kassebaum's position was and what was the likehood of it coming out of committee this session. He said they were reworking the entire NIH authorization, and at this point they weren't targeting individual diseases. BUT I believe he said there was an INCREASE for neurological diseases as a group. Hopefully, they'll get this bill before the committee this session, and it may be at this point that some portions of the Udall bill [which ones?] may stand a chance of being tacked on. There seems to be very little chance that either the NIH re-authorization or Udall by itself will go to the Senate this summer session. Bradley is going to send me a summary of the [NIH] legislation. I plan to write him direct this week and follow up by phone again. Are there any other Kansans on this list besides Jack Savely and myself who are calling or writing for Udall? Barbara Blake-Krebs [log in to unmask]