Urgent

[Guest guest]

URGENT! IMMEDIATE PRIORITY! April 17, 2008

Make Congress Count You, Not Just IDSA!

WHO

Everyone, everywhere concerned about Lyme disease and the cover-up of its

seriousness.

WHAT

IDSA is dictating public policy and your health. Because of its interference, we

cannot get a

hearing on the Lyme bill.

We have just heard that Energy & Commerce is making up a list of the only health

bills to

be heard NOW. If the Lyme bill does not make the list, it could be the end for

this bill.

Don’t let this happen! Take control of Lyme disease out of the hands of IDSA

and put it

where it belongs, in your hands.

WHEN

Take action TODAY April 17 & TOMORROW. (if you don’t receive this in time,

call

anyway)

WHERE

The US House Energy and Commerce Committee & the Chair; House Health

Subcommittee

Chair

HOW

Call or fax ALL of these DC offices below

Congressman Dingell (MI) Chair Energy & Commerce (P) 202-225-4071/ (F)

202-226-0371

Congressman Pallone (NJ) Chair House Health Subcommittee (P) 202-225-4671 /(F)

202-225-9665

Energy & Commerce Committee Phone 202-225-2927 Committee Does not have a public

fax email http://energycommerce.house.gov/membios/contact_form.shtml (will

accept all

zip codes)

Clear phone or fax message example below (Simple is better)

(Polite but firm please) We want HR 741 on the House Health Subcommittee agenda

today!

We are sick (or friends, family) and Lyme is spreading. We need help from you,

now. We

are not going to sit by and wait until our families and friends are all sick and

dying from

this devastating disease. (name, address, contact)

WHY

We have heard your efforts in calling Congress have been helping. They have

generated a

buzz in DC about the Lyme bill. Two weeks ago, LDA was invited (by Senator Dodd)

to

brief the Senate HELP Committee in DC. Over half Senate HELP committee members

showed up for the briefing, a good response. LDA also set up a briefing of all

House staff

members in cooperation with the House Lyme Disease Caucus (/Holden/Stupak).

The

briefing itself went well, but hardly anyone from the specific House Energy &

Commerce/

Health Committee attended, although we have 103 co-sponsors on the bill in the

House to

date! The Committee is not listening to its colleagues who support the bill, or

to its

constituents, or to all those who are sick.

Only YOU can make Congress listen!

From: Pat ,, President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc.

www.LymeDiseaseAssociation.org

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