from the Parkinson Action Network=0A-----------------------=0AUrge Presid= ent Clinton to Fully Fund Udall Act=0A=0A=0A=0ACall and Tell Your Senator= s to Sign McCain/Wellstone Letter=0A=0A=0A=0ANovember 13, 1997 witness th= e historic signing into law of the Morris K.=0A=0AUdall Parkinson=92s Res= earch Act. It was a landmark day for every person=0A=0Awho cares about P= arkinson=92s, particularly those in the advocacy=0A=0Acommunity who made = it happen.=0A=0A=0A=0AAs big a step as it is, however, passage of the Uda= ll Act alone is not=0A=0Aenough. The Udall Act authorizes (or approves) = the increased research=0A=0Afunding, but it is up to Congress and the Pre= sident to ensure that the=0A=0Amoney gets appropriated (or actually provi= ded).=0A=0A=0A=0AOne way to do this is for the President to include speci= fic and directed=0A=0Afunding in his fiscal year 1999 budget request, whi= ch he is now=0A=0Apreparing. Inclusion in the President=92s budget will = give Parkinson=92s a=0A=0Aposition at the starting line of the 1999 budge= t process, rather than=0A=0Aleaving us having to catch up to the rest of = the field.=0A=0A=0A=0ARecognizing the importance of this early action, th= e Udall Act=92s Senate=0A=0Achampions, John McCain (R-AZ) and Paul Wellst= one (D-MN), have drafted a=0A=0Aletter to President Clinton urging him to= include full funding of the=0A=0AUdall Act as part of his fiscal year 19= 99 budget request (please see=0A=0Aattached draft). Senators McCain and = Wellstone are now circulating the=0A=0Aletter among their 64 Senate colle= agues who cosponsored the Udall bill=0A=0Athis year and asking that they = join in urging the President to fund the=0A=0AUdall Act.=0A=0A=0A=0AObvio= usly, the greater the number of Senators signing the letter, the=0A=0Agre= ater the show of Congressional and public support for Parkinson=92s=0A=0A= research funding and the greater the impact on President Clinton. This= =0A=0Ais critically important to getting the needed resources into the ha= nds=0A=0Aof Parkinson=92s researchers.=0A=0A=0A=0ABelow is a list of Sena= tors cosponsoring the Udall bill. If one or both=0A=0Aof your Senators i= s on the list, contact them immediately, and urge them=0A=0Ato sign the M= cCain/Wellstone letter! Speak with your Senator=92s=0A=0AWashington, DC = office, and ask that someone call you back to confirm=0A=0Athat your Sena= tor has signed the letter.=0A=0A=0A=0APlease do not mail letters to your = Senators, time is too short! Call=0A=0Ayour Senators today! All Senator= s can be reached through the Capitol=0A=0Aswitchboard at (202) 224- 3121.= If you would like to fax or email your=0A=0Amessages, please contact th= e Network at (800) 850-4726 for your=0A=0ASenators=92 fax numbers and ema= il addresses.=0A=0A=0A=0AIf one or both of your Senators did not cosponso= r, immediately contact=0A=0Athem and ask them to send their own letter to= President Clinton urging=0A=0Afull funding of the Udall Act in 1999! (Y= ou can give them the attached=0A=0AMcCain/Wellstone letter as a guide.)= =0A=0A=0A=0APlease act now!=0A=0A=0A=0AIf you have any questions, please = contact Michael Claeys at (800)=0A=0A850-4726.=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AS. 535 - = The Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Act of 1997=0A=0A=0A=0AI= ntroduced by: John McCain, R-AZ & Paul Wellstone, D-MN=0A=0A=0A=0A64 Co= sponsors:=0A=0A=0A=0A Robert Bennett, R-UT James Inho= fe, R-OK=0A=0A Joseph Biden, D-DE Daniel Inouye, = D-HI=0A=0A Jeff Bingaman, D-NM Tim Johnson, D-SD=0A= =0A Christopher (Kit) Bond, R-MO Edward Kennedy, D-MA=0A=0A Ba= rbara Boxer, D-CA Robert Kerrey, D-NE=0A=0A John Brea= ux, D-LA John Kerry, D-MA=0A=0A Sam Brownback, R-= KS Frank Lautenberg, D-NJ=0A=0A Richard Bryan, D-NV = Patrick Leahy, D-VT=0A=0A Conrad Burns, R-MT = Carl Levin, D-MI=0A=0A Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-CO = Joseph Lieberman, D-CT=0A=0A Max Cleland, D-GA = Connie Mack, R-FL=0A=0A Thad Cochran, R-MS Mitch McC= onnell, R-KY=0A=0A Susan Collins, R-ME Barbara Mi= kulski, D-MD=0A=0A Paul Coverdell, R-GA Carol Moseley= Braun, D-IL=0A=0A Larry Craig, R-ID Daniel Patrick Moyni= han, D-NY=0A=0A Alfonse D'Amato, R-NY Patty Murray, D-WA= =0A=0A Thomas Daschle, D-SD Don Nickles, R-OK=0A=0A M= ike De Wine, R-OH Jack Reed, D-RI=0A=0A Christopher D= odd, D-CT Harry Reid, D-NV=0A=0A Byron Dorgan, D-ND = Charles S. Robb, D-VA=0A=0A Richard Durbin, D-IL = John Rockefeller, D-WV=0A=0A Lauch Faircloth, R-NC = William Roth, Jr., R-DE=0A=0A Dianne Feinstein, D-CA = Rick Santorum, R-PA=0A=0A Wendell Ford, D-KY = Paul Sarbanes, D-MD=0A=0A John Glenn, D-OH J= eff Sessions, R-AL=0A=0A Slade Gorton, R-WA Richard S= helby, R-AL=0A=0A Bob Graham, D-FL Gordon Smith, = R-OR=0A=0A Charles Grassley, R-IA Olympia Snowe, R-ME=0A= =0A Tom Harkin, D-IA Arlen Specter, R-PA=0A=0A Or= rin G. Hatch, R-UT Robert Torricelli, D-NJ=0A=0A Erne= st Hollings, D-SC John Warner, R-VA=0A=0A Tim Hutchin= son, R-AR Ron Wyden, R-OR=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AText of Mc= Cain/ Wellstone Letter to President Clinton:=0A=0A=0A=0APresident William= Clinton=0A=0A1600 Pennsylvania Avenue=0A=0AWashington, DC=0A=0A=0A=0ADea= r President Clinton,=0A=0A=0A=0AAs you prepare the federal budget request= for fiscal year 1999, we urge=0A=0Ayou to include funding to implement t= he Morris K Udall Parkinson's=0A=0AResearch and Education Act.=0A=0A=0A= =0AAs you know, this important provision authorizing $100 million for=0A= =0AParkinson's research at the National Institutes of Health was included= =0A=0Ain H.R. 2264, the FY98 Labor/HHS Appropriations bill which you sign= ed=0A=0Ainto law on November 13, 1997.=0A=0A=0A=0AParkinson's disease is = a cruel and debilitating disease which afflicts=0A=0Amore than one millio= n Americans. People afflicted by this dreadful=0A=0Adisease experience t= remors, loss of balance and repeated falls, loss of=0A=0Amemory, confusio= n, and depression. Ultimately, this disease results in=0A=0Atotal incapa= city for an individual, including the inability to speak.=0A=0AEach of th= em lives with fear and frustration as they become prisoners=0A=0Awithin t= heir own bodies, clinging to the hope that a scientific=0A=0Abreakthrough= may soon be discovered and they will be liberated.=0A=0A=0A=0AThe Udall = provision will sustain the hope of the millions of Americans=0A=0Awho suf= fer with this disease by increasing the federal govemment's=0A=0Afinancia= l investment in Parkinson's research and allowing us to make=0A=0Asignifi= cant scientific progress.=0A=0A=0A=0ARecently, our nation's scientists ha= ve been making tremendous progress=0A=0Ain the field of Parkinson's resea= rch. In fact, there are significant=0A=0Aindications of a very strong po= tential for major breakthroughs in=0A=0Aidentifying the cause and treatme= nt of Parkinson's in this decade.=0A=0AAccording to a wide array of exper= ts, we are on the verge of=0A=0Asubstantial, ground-breaking scientific d= iscoveries regarding the cause=0A=0Aand potential cure of Parkinson's dis= ease. It is imperative that we=0A=0Aprovide funding for the Udall bill i= n FY1 999 and give our scientific=0A=0Aresearchers the necessary funding = and support to seize this rare=0A=0Aopportunity to beat Parkinson's.=0A= =0A=0A=0AThat is why we supported the Udall Parkinson's Research Act and = worked=0A=0Atogether for it to become law during the first session of the= 105th=0A=0ACongress. We urge you to include full funding for the Morris= K. Udall=0A=0AParkinson's Research and Education Act as a part of your F= Y1999 budget=0A=0Arequest. Millions of Americans are looking to all of u= s for the=0A=0Afinancial support needed to find a cure for this cruel dis= ease.=0A=0A=0A=0AJohn McCain Paul Well= stone=0A=0AUnited States Senator United States Sen= ator=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A---------------------= -- Headers --------------------------------=0AReturn-Path: <[log in to unmask] >=0AReceived: from relay14.mail.aol.com (relay14.mail.aol.com [172.31.10= 9.14]) by=0Aair19.mail.aol.com (v36.0) with SMTP; Tue, 09 Dec 1997 20:07:= 29 -0500=0AReceived: from marine.sonic.net (marine.sonic.net [208.201.224= .37])=0A=09 by relay14.mail.aol.com (8.8.5/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0)=0A=09 with = SMTP id TAA12023 for <[log in to unmask]>;=0A=09 Tue, 9 Dec 1997 19:00:4= 5 -0500 (EST)=0AReceived: (qmail 12209 invoked from network); 10 Dec 1997= 00:00:53 -0000=0AReceived: from unknown (HELO sub.sonic.net) (208.201.22= 4.8)=0A by marine.sonic.net with SMTP; 10 Dec 1997 00:00:53 -0000=0ARece= ived: from sonic.net (d197.pm6.sonic.net [208.201.229.197]) by=0Asub.soni= c.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA15927 for <[log in to unmask]>;=0ATu= e, 9 Dec 1997 16:00:41 -0800=0AX-envelope-info: <[log in to unmask]>=0AMessage= -ID: <[log in to unmask]>=0ADate: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 15:58:17 -080= 0=0AFrom: "Parkinson's Action Network" <[log in to unmask]>=0AReply-To: pan@so= nic.net=0AOrganization: Parkinson's Action Network=0A=0A