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Next week on April 23rd Muhammad Ali testifies before the House appropriations committee. Attempting to take advantage of the publicity that should generate a group of 30 advocates are going to Washington D.C. that week to encourage those not yet cosponsors of the Udall Bill to sign on. We need help. The more calls and letters our Representatives and Senators receive this week the easier our job will be. Our goal is to have a majority of cosponsors in both houses by the end of April. PLEASE HELP HELP PLEASE PLEASE HELP CURE PARKINSON'S HELP PLEASE Call your Representative and Senators and urge them to support. Call the Republican leadership ( Gingerhich and Lott) and urge them to take action on this legislation. **************************************************************************** ********** USE THE TOLL FREE CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD NUMBER 800-962-3524. Ask for your Senator or Representative. If you don't know who they are give the operator your state or Zip code **************************************************************************** ********** If you have Parkinson's, this is your best opportunity to help find a cure. Call someone every day. Ask your friends, neighbors, and relatives to call. Those of you who have called before, call again. If we can take the time to go to Washington surely you can take the time to call. The following Representatives are members of key subcommittees who were cosponsors last year and are not yet this year. If they represent you it's essential that you contact : Bilbray CA Brown OH Coburn OK DeGette CO DeLauro CT Deutsch FL Furse OR Green TX Northup KY Norwood GA Richardson NM Stokes OH Stupak MI Whitfield KY This next group are members of the full committee with jurisdiction over the Udall Bill who were cosponsors last year and are not yet this year: Cunningham CA DeLay TX Dicks WA Dixon CA Gordon TN Hobson OH Kaptur OH Kingston GA Markey MA Rush IL Sawyer OH Wolf VA Wynn MD Craig ID Coats IN Domenici NM DeWine OH Frist TN Bennett UT Warner VA Jeffords VT Gorton WA Enzi WY Cunningham CA DeLay TX Dicks WA Dixon CA Gordon TN Hobson OH Kaptur OH Kingston GA Markey MA Rush IL Sawyer OH Wolf VA Wynn MD Craig ID Coats IN Domenici NM DeWine OH Frist TN Bennett UT Warner VA Jeffords VT Gorton WA Enzi WY This next group were cosponsors last year but are not yet this year: Baesler KY Baker LA Barcia MI Barr GA Bentsen TX Bishop GA Boehlert NY Bono CA Bryant TN Bunning KY Calvert CA Camp MI Chabot OH Christensen NE Christian-Green VI Clay MO Clement TN Clyburn SC Conyers MI Cramer AL Cummings MD Dooley CA Doolittle CA Duncan TN Dunn WA Ehlers MI Ehrlich MD Ensign NV Farr CA Gilchrest MD Goodling PA Hall OH Holden PA Jackson Lee TX Jefferson LA Kanjorski PA Kasich OH Kelly NY Kennedy MA Kildee MI Kim CA Kleczka WI LaFalce NY Lantos CA Levin MI Linder GA Lipinski IL Lucas OK Matsui CA McCrery LA McDermott WA McHale PA McKeon CA McNulty NY Meehan MA Millender-McDonald CA Moakley MA Nadler NY Petri WI Pombo CA Pomeroy ND Portman OH Rahall WV Rangel NY Rivers MI Roemer IN Romero-Barcelo PR Roybal-Allard CA Schumer NY Sisisky VA Spratt SC Stark CA Velazquez NY Weldon PA Stevens AK Murkowski AK Biden DE Graham FL Coverdell GA Mosley-Braun IL Sarbanes MD Kerrey NE Smith NH Inhofe OK Smith OR Hatch UT Jim Cordy Pittsburgh [log in to unmask]