Hi,
Please call now; the time is critical; the hearing is this TUESDAY
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D)
Phone:202-224-3841
FAX:202-228-3954
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(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].
My name is ____________ and I am calling to urge
Senator Feinstein 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.]
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http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/commpage.cgi?committee=sapprop_labor
Membership data and Contact information for Congressional Committees
provided by Congress Merge
as a service to the internet community.
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education
Phone:
202-225-3508 (Majority)
202-225-3481 (Minority)
Fax:
Not Available (Majority)
202-225-9476 (Minority)
Room:
2358 Rayburn House Office Building (Majority)
1016 Longworth House Office Building (Minority)
Email:
The following links allow you to directly email Committee members with public email
addresses listed below
en mass. (Note: These group emailing links may not work with some browsers.)
Mail all 8 Committee Members who have email
Mail all 5 Majority Party Committee Members who have email.
Mail all 3 Minority Party Committee Members who have email.
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education
Phone:
202-224-7230 (Majority)
202-224-7288 (Minority)
Fax:
202-224-1360 (Majority)
202-224-7914 (Minority)
Room:
184 Dirksen Senate Office Building (Majority)
123 Hart Senate Office Building (Minority)
Email:
The following links allow you to directly email Committee members with public email
addresses listed below
en mass. (Note: These group emailing links may not work with some browsers.)
Mail all 13 Committee Members who have email
Mail all 7 Majority Party Committee Members who have email.
Mail all 6 Minority Party Committee Members who have email.
Parent Committee:
Senate
Committee on Appropriations
If a homepage is maintained by the Congressmember's office, their name is italicized. To
retreive much more detailed biographical
and contact information about a given Congressmember, click on the in front of their name.
Majority Party Members (Republicans)
State
Member
Phone
Fax Number
District Phone
E-Mail
PA
Sen. Arlen Specter (R)
202-224-4254
202-228-1229
215-597-7200
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CA
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D)
202-224-3841
202-228-3954
619-231-9712
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