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Perry D. Cohen wrote: > Given the events in the Senate, however, we need direct the good > will of Mr. Bliley and the House away from hearings and toward > accepting the Senate's Udall amendment to the Labor HHS > appropriations bill which passed 95-3 in the conference committee. > We deserve a vote!! The House can now vote on the Udall bill > before the end of Sept. as part of the Labor HHS bill. > > We now need to focus the energies of the entire grassroots > community on the House Appropriations Committee members with > emphasis on the Republicans. Calling writing, faxing, going to > visit (if possible) should be the marching order. If we can get > the support of a majority of the appointed Conferees, our chances > of seeing this Bill passed are greatly all but assured! > > Here is our message: > > "Representative ______________, please vote, or urge colleagues > that are appointed as Conferees to vote, in favor of the Senate > version of the Labor HHS Appropriations bill which contains the > Morris K. Udall Amendment." > > Everyone of them can be reached by mail at this address: > > The Honorable _____________________ > US House of Representatives > Washington, D.C. 20515 The bill numbers and Appropriations Committee members' names are: The Senate bill to which the Udall Bill was added as an amendment is # S.1061 - "An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes". The amendment to S.1061 was # S.AMDT.1074 - "To provide for the establishment of a program for research and training with respect to Parkinson's disease" (the original Udall Bill was # S.535). The House version of the appropriations bill is # H.R.2264 - "A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes". The House version of the Udall Bill is # H.R.1260 - "A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a program for research and training with respect to Parkinson's disease". COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS - MEMBERSHIP BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman Joseph M. McDade, Pennsylvania David R. Obey, Wisconsin C.W. Bill Young, Florida Sidney R. Yates, Illinois Ralph Regula, Ohio Louis Stokes, Ohio Jerry Lewis, California John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania John Edward Porter, Illinois Norman D. Dicks, Washington Harold Rogers, Kentucky Martin Olav Sabo, Minnesota Joe Skeen, New Mexico Julian C. Dixon, California Frank R. Wolf, Virginia Vic Fazio, California Tom DeLay, Texas W.G. (Bill) Hefner, North Carolina Jim Kolbe, Arizona Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland Ron Packard, California Alan B. Mollohan, West Virginia Sonny Callahan, Alabama Marcy Kaptur, Ohio James Walsh, New York David E. Skaggs, Colorado Charles H. Taylor, North Carolina Nancy Pelosi, California David L. Hobson, Ohio Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana Ernest J. Istook, Jr., Oklahoma Thomas M. Foglietta, Pennsylvania Henry Bonilla, Texas Esteban Edward Torres, California Joe Knollenberg, Michigan Nita M. Lowey, New York Dan Miller, Florida Jose E. Serrano, New York Jay Dickey, Arkansas Rosa L. DeLauro, Connecticut Jack Kingston, Georgia James P. Moran, Virginia Mike Parker, Mississippi John W. Olver, Massachusetts Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey Ed Pastor, Arizona Roger F. Wicker, Mississippi Carrie P. Meek, Florida Michael P. Forbes, New York David E. Price, North Carolina George R. Nethercutt, Jr., Washington Chet Edwards, Texas Mark W. Neumann, Wisconsin Randy "Duke" Cunningham, California Todd Tiahrt, Kansas Zack Wamp, Tennessee Tom Latham, Iowa Anne Northup, Kentucky Robert Aderholt, Alabama