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Great news-- I just received a call from Mr. Chris Davis, Legislative Director for Congressman Rush Holt (D-12-NJ) stating that Congressman Holt will be pleased to sign the Congressional letter from Congressman Fred Upton to Dr. Varmus at the National Institutes of Health. This draft letter as posted last week from the Parkinson's Action Network said, "The Congress has unequivocally stated its expectation that the NIH provide at least $100 million for Parkinson's -FOCUSED- research, in the Morris K. Udall Act of 1997 and the Omnibus Appropriations Act for Fiscal 1999. And the Congress has provided sufficient funding to ensure that NIH has the resources to meet that commitment."