REMINDER: TOMORROW IS THE HEARING BEFORE THE SENATE PLEASE CALL AND URGE LEGISLATORS TO ATTEND AND SUPPORT PD RESEARCH--LET'S MAKE THIS SESSION THE ONE THAT FULLY FUNDS THE UDALL ACT; LET'S START THE YEAR 2000 WITH MORE HOPE THROUGH MORE GRANTS FOR PD RESEARCH!! MAKE THOSE CALLS FOR EVERYONE'S SAKE. READ BELOW FOR INFO. THANK YOU, Charlotte ---------------------- Forwarded Message: --------------------- From: Charlotte <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: PLEASE READ AND ACT Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 16:38:35 -0700 Hi again, PLEASE CALL SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN TODAY OR MONDAY and URGE HER TO ATTEND THE HEARING!! (for Californians---see below for others) Also, I have posted a script for calling her, and info on C-SPAN to view the hearings, which follows the PAN msg. The following was posted today from PAN. EXCERPTED Please call the office of your Senator on the Labor-HHS Subcommittee (see list below) today or Monday and ask the health staffer to urge the Senator to make time in his/her busy schedule to attend the hearing. (full msg. below) From: Kelly Abbett <[log in to unmask]> [ Save address ] To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Senate Hearing - Request from PAN Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 08:40:05 -0700 To those of you who are unable to attend the hearing BUT have Senators on the Labor-HHS Subcommittee and would like to participate somehow: Please call the office of your Senator on the Labor-HHS Subcommittee (see list below) today or Monday and ask the health staffer to urge the Senator to make time in his/her busy schedule to attend the hearing. You can contact PAN at 800-850-4726 or [log in to unmask] to inform them of your efforts. Thank you! Capitol Switchboard 202-224-3121 Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee: -Sen Specter (R-PA), Chair -Sen Cochran (R-MS) -Sen Gorton (R-WA) -Sen Gregg (R-NH) -Sen Craig (R-ID) -Sen Hutchison (R-TX) -Sen Stevens (R-AK) -Sen Kyl (R-AZ) -Sen Harkin (D-IA), Ranking Member -Sen Hollings (D-SC) -Sen Inouye (D-HI) -Sen Reid (D-NV) -Sen Kohl (D-WI) -Sen Murray (D-WA) -Sen Feinstein (D-CA) ----------------------------------------------- Hi, Please call now; the time is critical; the hearing is this TUESDAY Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) Phone:202-224-3841 [log in to unmask] (This is a great site for info on Congress and where I get info on Gov.---See further info from this site after script below; http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/commpage.cgi?committee=sapprop_labor) Guideline Telephone Script for FY 2000 Appropriations (from PAN) Hello. I am a constituent and a Parkinson's disease advocate. May I please speak with the staff person who handles health care issues? [Yes, voice mail is fine if the person is not available]. (Revised para. 2) My name is ____________ and I am calling to urge Senator Feinstein to please attend Tuesdays appropriations subcommittee hearing and to support much needed funding increases for Parkinson's disease during consideration of the fiscal year 2000 Labor/ HHS Appropriations bill. As you probably know, in 1997 Congress overwhelmingly adopted the Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Act, historic legislation authorizing the National Institutes of Health to devote up to $100 million per year for Parkinson's-focused research. To date NIH has not fully funded the Udall Act — despite promising research and a compelling national need. I urge your boss to act this year to follow through on the promise of the Udall Act by supporting funding increases of $50 million for Parkinson's research at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and $25 million at the National Institute of Environment Health Science for FY 2000. To provide the resources for these much needed increases, I ask the Senator to support the effort to ensure that the NIH budget is on track to double over five years. Please urge your boss to act this year on these important increases by writing a letter or talking to the Chair of the Appropriations Committee. Time is not neutral for people with Parkinson's — the disease is progressive, chronic and absolutely relentless — and we can't afford to wait any longer. Researchers have described Parkinson's as the "most curable neurological disorder" — but finding the cure in time for those currently suffering requires the additional funding authorized by the Udall Act. Thank you. Can I count on hearing back from you about the outcome of the fiscal year 2000 Labor/HHS Appropriations bill? [Give the staff person your name, address, and phone number so that s/he can follow up with you.] [If any questions arise that you do not feel comfortable answering, ask the staff person to call the Parkinson's Action Network at 800-850-4726.] ______________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- the website includes a link to access the daily schedule, and for the "next" day--Tues. 28th is "not yet scheduled"--but we'll keep checking! It covers both C-SPAN 1 (House) and C-SPAN 2 (Senate). >It's not clear to me which channel it will be on - I >would suggest checking your local listings or the >webpage at http://www.c-span.org > >--- Camilla Flintermann <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Kelly---since this is a Senate hearing, won't it be >> on C-SPAN 2 rather than >> C-SPAN 1 ? That's important, as not all cable >> channels carry both! -- Charlotte Mancuso *************************************************** For advocacy, medical, and other PD-related material, go to: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/CurePD-NorCal