At 2:06 PM 4/21/97, [log in to unmask] wrote: >I am posting this for Michael Claeys - Parkinson Action Network >April 18, 1997 >Friday Action Update > >Ali to Testify Before House Sub-committee > >Parkinson's will be in the spotlight next week as the House Labor, >Health and Human Services, and Education Sub-committee hears public >witness testimony on issues including the need for additional medical >research funding. Muhammad Ali testifies on Wednesday, April 23rd, and >Network President Joan Samuelson will address the Sub-committee the >following day. Both will be stressing the need for increased >Parkinson's funding and urging passage of the Udall bill and the >appropriation of $100 million for direct research. To coincide with >this testimony and capitalize on the attention Ali's appearance is sure >to attract, many advocates are visiting Capitol Hill to conduct an >intensive face-to-face lobbying campaign. This effort aims to add >numerous cosponsors and generate momentum for the earliest possible >consideration of the Udall bill. Even those not visiting DC next week >can help by calling, faxing and emailing your legislators and urging >them to "knock out" Parkinson's by supporting the Udall bill. > > >Udall Bill Update > >Following its April 9th introduction, the Morris K. Udall Parkinson's >Research and Education Act of 1997 (Senate bill S. 535, House bill H.R. >1260) has been referred to the committees of jurisdiction in each body: >the Senate Labor & Human Resources Committee and the House Commerce >Committee. Compelling these committees to consider the bills will >require a coordinated and persistent grassroots campaign. Each >additional cosponsor -- particularly Members of the Committees -- >increases the pressure on the Committees Chairs to act. The Network has >the Congressional data and the advocacy materials to assist you, but >Senators and Representatives are most responsive to their own >constituents, so do all you can! > > > >Cosponsor Count: Senate: 39 House: 109 > >Due to the large number of original cosponsors on both versions of the >Udall bill, complete cosponsor lists are attached to this week's >Update. Please refer to these lists and when you see any of your local >legislators listed, please contact them to say, "Thank you for >supporting the Udall bill!" > >Sen Wellstone - 04/09/97 > Sen Glenn - 04/09/97 > Sen Cochran - 04/09/97 > Sen Burns - 04/09/97 > Sen Moynihan - 04/09/97 > Sen Harkin - 04/09/97 > Sen Dodd - 04/09/97 > Sen Leahy - 04/09/97 > Sen Bond - 04/09/97 > Sen Bingaman - 04/09/97 > Sen Campbell - 04/09/97 > Sen Mack - 04/09/97 > Sen Torricelli - 04/09/97 > Sen Grassley - 04/09/97 > Sen Inouye - 04/09/97 > Sen Hollings - 04/09/97 > Sen Robb - 04/09/97 > Sen Durbin - 04/09/97 > Sen Boxer - 04/09/97 > Sen Bryan - 04/09/97 > Sen Daschle - 04/09/97 > Sen Ford - 04/09/97 > Sen D'Amato - 04/09/97 > Sen Reid - 04/09/97 > Sen Lautenberg - 04/09/97 > Sen Mikulski - 04/09/97 > Sen Faircloth - 04/09/97 > Sen Levin - 04/09/97 > Sen Collins - 04/09/97 > Sen Kerry - 04/09/97 > Sen Murray - 04/09/97 > Sen Reed - 04/09/97 > Sen Kennedy - 04/09/97 > Sen Santorum - 04/09/97 > Sen Feinstein - 04/09/97 > Sen Rockefeller - 04/09/97 > Sen Snowe - 04/14/97 > Sen Gorton - 04/16/97 > Sen Sarbanes - 04/16/97 > >Rep Waxman - 04/09/97 > Rep Murtha - 04/09/97 > Rep Abercrombie - 04/09/97 > Rep Allen - 04/09/97 > Rep Ackerman - 04/09/97 > Rep Baldacci - 04/09/97 > Rep Barrett, T. - 04/09/97 > Rep Bereuter - 04/09/97 > Rep Berman - 04/09/97 > Rep Blagojevich - 04/09/97 > Rep Blumenauer - 04/09/97 > Rep Borski - 04/09/97 > Rep Boucher - 04/09/97 > Rep Brown, G. - 04/09/97 > Rep Campbell - 04/09/97 > Rep Capps - 04/09/97 > Rep Cardin - 04/09/97 > Rep Carson - 04/09/97 > Rep Chambliss - 04/09/97 > Rep Clayton - 04/09/97 > Rep Condit - 04/09/97 > Rep Coyne - 04/09/97 > Rep Davis, T. - 04/09/97 > Rep Deal - 04/09/97 > Rep DeFazio - 04/09/97 > Rep Dellums - 04/09/97 > Rep Dingell - 04/09/97 > Rep English - 04/09/97 > Rep Eshoo - 04/09/97 > Rep Evans - 04/09/97 > Rep Faleomavaega - 04/09/97 > Rep Fazio - 04/09/97 > Rep Filner - 04/09/97 > Rep Flake - 04/09/97 > Rep Foglietta - 04/09/97 > Rep Foley - 04/09/97 > Rep Forbes - 04/09/97 > Rep Frank - 04/09/97 > Rep Franks, B. - 04/09/97 > Rep Frelinghuysen - 04/09/97 > Rep Frost - 04/09/97 > Rep Fox - 04/09/97 > Rep Gallegly - 04/09/97 > Rep Gilman - 04/09/97 > Rep Gonzalez - 04/09/97 > Rep Gutierrez - 04/09/97 > Rep Hastings, A. - 04/09/97 > Rep Hefner - 04/09/97 > Rep Hilliard - 04/09/97 > Rep Hinchey - 04/09/97 > Rep Horn - 04/09/97 > Rep Jackson - 04/09/97 > Rep Johnson, E. - 04/09/97 > Rep Kennedy, P. - 04/09/97 > Rep Kennelly - 04/09/97 > Rep Klug - 04/09/97 > Rep Kolbe - 04/09/97 > Rep Lampson - 04/09/97 > Rep Lewis, John - 04/09/97 > Rep Lofgren - 04/09/97 > Rep Lowey - 04/09/97 > Rep Maloney, C. - 04/09/97 > Rep Martinez - 04/09/97 > Rep Mascara - 04/09/97 > Rep McCarthy, C. - 04/09/97 > Rep McDade - 04/09/97 > Rep McKinney - 04/09/97 > Rep Meek - 04/09/97 > Rep Menendez - 04/09/97 > Rep Miller, G. - 04/09/97 > Rep Mink - 04/09/97 > Rep Molinari - 04/09/97 > Rep Morella - 04/09/97 > Rep Neal - 04/09/97 > Rep Norton - 04/09/97 > Rep Oberstar - 04/09/97 > Rep Olver - 04/09/97 > Rep Owens - 04/09/97 > Rep Pallone - 04/09/97 > Rep Pascrell - 04/09/97 > Rep Pastor - 04/09/97 > Rep Payne, D. - 04/09/97 > Rep Pelosi - 04/09/97 > Rep Price - 04/09/97 > Rep Pryce - 04/09/97 > Rep Quinn - 04/09/97 > Rep Ramstad - 04/09/97 > Rep Rothman - 04/09/97 > Rep Sabo - 04/09/97 > Rep Sanchez - 04/09/97 > Rep Sanders - 04/09/97 > Rep Schiff - 04/09/97 > Rep Serrano - 04/09/97 > Rep Shadegg - 04/09/97 > Rep Shays - 04/09/97 > Rep Skaggs - 04/09/97 > Rep Skeen - 04/09/97 > Rep Tauscher - 04/09/97 > Rep Thompson - 04/09/97 > Rep Thurman - 04/09/97 > Rep Towns - 04/09/97 > Rep Traficant - 04/09/97 > Rep Underwood - 04/09/97 > Rep Vento - 04/09/97 > Rep Wise - 04/09/97 > Rep Yates - 04/09/97 > Rep Bonior - 04/09/97 > Rep Hefley - 04/09/97 > Rep Woolsey - 04/09/97 >---------------------- >Parkinson's Action Network >800-850-4726 >Headquarters: >818 College Ave., Suite C >Santa Rosa, CA 95404 >phone 707-544-1994 >fax 707-544-2363 >email: [log in to unmask] >Washington, DC office >601 13th St. NW., Suite 310 >Washington, DC 20005 >phone 202-628-2079 >fax 202-628-2077 >Brad Udall, Chair >Joan I. Samuelson, President >John L. Dodge, Treasurer >Bonnie K. Mioduchoski, Administrator >Michael Claeys, Community Coordinator >The Action Reporter is a free publication of the Parkinson's Action Network, >a non-profit charitable foundation for a cure for Parkinson's. Use of this >material in other publications is welcomed. We ask that the Network be >identified as the source of the material, and notified how, when and where >the material is used. Simply call 800-850-4726 Mike - If you add Senator McCain there are actually 40 co-sponsors. Perhaps the same is true with Rep. Uupton on the House side - I get confused over 100. Bob