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Thanks for everyone's help. If you want to print it out: Add at the top: Petition to the United States Congress To ensure at least $100 million for Parkinson's-focused research in fiscal year 2000 (then text) then Name, Address, City, State and Zip Brenda Sparrow wrote: > In a message dated 5/30/99 10:21:57 AM Central Daylight Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > << To ensure at least $100 million for Parkinson's-focused research in fiscal > year 2000 > In 1997, Congress enacted into law the Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease > Research Act, which authorized the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to > spend $100 million on Parkinson's-focused research. To date, however, this > funding has not been allocated and the NIH continues to pursue an > underfunded and unfocused Parkinson's research program. This tragic > situation cannot continue! > In recognition of the one million Americans living with Parkinson's, and the > additional 60,000 individuals who will be diagnosed this year - one every > nine minutes - we the undersigned call on the Members of the United States > Congress to fulfill their commitment to provide at least $100 million for > Parkinson's-focused research in fiscal year 2000. > > Please return to: Parkinson's Action Network, c/o 1818 N Street NW, Ste 450, > Washington, DC, 20036 > >> > This is an excellant idea! I have made copies of the petition and i will > gather signatures for the petition, but before I send this back to the > network i will send a copy to my state repreentatives. > brenda > 44/40