Anne, Barbara, et al..
To find out how to best apply meaningful pressure on Congress,
contact PAN :
phone: 800-850-4726, fax:707-544-2363, email:[log in to unmask]
Address: 818 College Ave., Suite C, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Some background on this explosive subject:
On Feb 20, 1999, The New York Times reported, in part:
Seven Republican Senators have written to Donna E. Shalala, Secretary
of Health and Human Services, to protest a ruling that permits Federal
financing of research into human embryonic stem cells, the primordial
cells from which all the body's tissues are derived.
The Senators' letter, announced on Wednesday, is separate from the
letter on the same subject organized by the House Pro-Life Caucus and
signed by 70 members of the House of Representatives, including most
of the House leadership. The House letter included eight Democrats.
The letter was signed by Senators Sam Brownback of Kansas, who
organized it, Don Nickles of Oklahoma, Jon Kyl of Arizona, Robert C.
Smith of New Hampshire, Jesse Helms of North Carolina, Michael B. Enzi
of Wyoming and John Ashcroft of Missouri.
Senator Arlen Specter, the Pennsylvania Republican who is chairman of
the subcommittee that sets biomedical research financing, is impressed
with the promise of the research.
Mr. Specter said this week that plans to award Federal money for stem
cell research should continue while the House letter to Dr. Shalala
was under consideration.
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From: Parkinson's Information Exchange
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of judith richards
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 1999 12:06 AM
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Subject: Re: News-Coalition to fight for stem cell research
Anne wrote:
> Does anyone know how to reach this group: Web, e-mail etc.? I
would
like to know the names of those 70 representatives who are opposing
it...and how we can help this new group.
Anne et al,
The following has contact names at the end of the article.
Also, I
think Barb Schirloff from PAN would be able to help. Unfortunately I
don't have the PAN email address, but I'm sure somebody has...
Judith
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CONTACT: Joe Cerquone of Alliance for Aging Research, 202-293-2856; or
Krista Donahue of Hill & Knowlton, 202-944-5108, for Alliance for
Aging
Research.
Copyright © 1999 PRNewswire.
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