At 12:01 PM 6/24/98 , you wrote: >Yesterday, June 23, 1998, the House Labor-HHS Appropriations subcommittee >approved the FY 1999 appropriations bill which was drafted by Congressman >John Porter, R.ILL, the subcommittee chairman. The bill will be sent to >the full committee and the House after the July 4th recess. > -snip- Thanks for your reporting this so promptly and for your efforts in this direction. Larry, this is not on its face exactly what we were asking for. (or is it?) It may be a backhanded way of doing it so as to save face with other causes. May we have your (or Bill's) read on that and also your feeling about how the grass roots support should be pushing from this point on? You mention that we should support the bill through the full House Appropriations Committee. What about the Senate? Monitoring the NIH? ...etc.? Art ________________________________________________________________ Arthur Hirsch {} [log in to unmask] {} Lewisville, TX {} 972-434-2377 (nickname on instant mail, ICQ, and chat programs is cutterson) ________________________________________________________________ Always Remember This: Happiness Is Right, So Choose Happiness ________________________________________________________________