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Marling McReynolds wrote: > > Mary ( I'm sorta glad you were still awake ) > Friends, > > What an evening! I went with a friend to speak with Rep Frank Riggs > in Orick, > CA. I was the first speaker and had fun. I told him that HR 1260 > needs to be > passed. I spoke of some of the latest findings and said that we need > a cure > now. I also told him that I am 48 and have had symptoms for nearly 8 > years. > This is not a disease of "old people" only, and with the "graying of > the baby > boomers" it should be noted that 1 in each 10 people who live beyond > 60 Will > have PD. > He responded, as expected, that congress should not make NIH bills > disease > specific. I hit him back with the diabetes bill. He said yes they > were trying > to be less disease specific, however it was not working. > Then I said that since he as a committee member could help to move the > bill to > the floor, where we have half+ of the Senate and about half of the > House > co-sponsoring the bill, even if he was not. He asked one of his aides > to make > note for him and he would help. > I called Mary Y. and told her that he will be in Windsor, CA on > Thursday of this > week. Pan has an office in Santa Rosa, CA, 15 minutes from Windsor. > Hopefully > someone will get him again this week. > > I am flying and now I think I will bask in the afterglow. > > don't forget how to laugh > Marling > [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] MARLING iT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN HOW TO LAUGH- OR FORGOTTEN HOW TO GLOW AND FLY. CONGRATULATIONS. Charlie -- CHARLES T. MEYER, M.D. Middleton, WI [log in to unmask]