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UNITED STATES SENATE Washington, DC, 20510-0303 August 28, 1997 Dear Colleague: We are writing to you as a cosponsor of S. 535, =93The Morris K. Udall Parkinson=92s Research and Education Act=94. As of today, the Udall bill= has 64 cosponsors. As you know, this important piece of legislation would help accelerate scientific progress for the victims of Parkinson=92s by increasing the= federal government=92s financial investment in Parkinson=92s research at the= National Institute of Health to $100 million in FY 1998. There have been tremendous new discoveries and progress made by finding a cure and treatment for this deadly disease. Therefore, we believe it is critical that the Udall bill be enacted as soon as possible to keep this momentum going and provide much needed funding. Next week the Senate will begin consideration of S. 1061, the FY98 appropriation bill for the Department of Labor and Health and Human Services. We would like to offer the Morris K. Udall bill as an amendment to the appropriation bill. Since you are one the 64 cosponsors of the Udall bill, we are confident that you would support our amendment as a part of the Labor/HHS appropriation bill. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact one of us or have your staff contact=20 Sonya Sotak with Senator McCain at 4-2235 or Linda Degutis with=20 Senator Wellstone at 4-5641. Sincerely, _______________ John McCain United States Senator _______________ Paul Wellstone United States Senator Margaret Tuchman (55yrs, Dx 1980)- NJ-08540 [log in to unmask]