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Dear Sen. Glenn: WE appreciate your support of Sen. Mack's amendment, but do not know if you are one of the 40 Senators mentioned below. If not please consider this additonal support, to enhance the chances of better funding for Parkinson's research. On Wed, 4 Jun 1997 19:21:16 -0400 MR SEYMOUR GROSS said: > >THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN PASSED ON TO US BY MIKE >CLAEYS OF THE PARKINSON ACTION NETWORK WITH THE REQUEST THAT >ADVOCATES OF THE UDALL BILL IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THEIR SENATORS. > >Last week advocates were asked to call their Senators and urge >support for the bill introduced by Senator Connie Mack (R- >Florida) which would double NIH spending in the next 5 years. >Thanks in large measure to the outpouring of calls this bill was >passed. > >Mack - Feinstein Resolution: > >As a follow-up to last week's legislation Senators Mack and >Feinstein (D-California) have introduced a resolution which >would require that the $2 billion dollars be added to the budget >of the Senate Appropriations Committee so that funds will be >available from that budget to be added to the NIH allocation. >Forty senators have signed a letter which may already have been >sent on to Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) Appropriations Chair. >If your Senators are not among the 40 ask them to indicate their >support of the resolution by contacting Senator Stevens. >Dolores Gross Thanks for your help! Peter & Camilla Flintermann, Oxford,OH.