Fw: Letters, Phone Calls and Visits to Congressmen Needed!

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Letters, Phone Calls and Visits to Congressmen Needed!

> The following letter, which is self-explanatory, was received from New

York

> Attorney F. McHugh on April 26th. Action by all of us is urgently

> needed!

>

> Bernard Rimland, Ph.D.

> Director

> Autism Research Institute

>

> +++++++++++++++++++++

> Dear Sir:

>

> As you may know Congressman Dave Weldon of Florida and Jerold Nadler of

New

> York had introduced a bill to make obtaining compensation under the

Vaccine

> Injury Compensation Program easier. Today I was informed by Stuart Burns.

> Congressman Weldon's legislative director, that the bill, now sponsored by

> Dan Burton of Indiana and Henry Waxman of California, is in trouble. The

> vaccine manufacturers have lobbied heavily against it.

>

> The Bill is HR 3741, the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

> Improvement Act of 2002. Mr. Burns tells me that to get this bill passed

> we need to have a major letter writing campaign by parents of injured

> children directed both to the representative and to the J. Dennis Hastert,

> Speaker, United States House of Representatives, The Capitol, Washington,

> D.C. 20515. Fax: 202-225-0697. If we do not do this, the bill has only

> about a 30% chance of passage. Local representatives need to be urged to

> co-sponsor the bill. The Speaker must be urged to bring the bill up for a

> vote. If possible parents should visit their representative's district

> office and if possible ask to speak to the representative personally.

>

> I would hope that you could energize your members. The bill provides for

> the payment of the costs of medical experts from the trust fund as they

are

> incurred. This provision will be particularly useful to the parents of

> Autism Spectrum children as the tests needed to link this type of disorder

> to a vaccine are expensive and hard to find.

>

> Thank you for your attention to this matter.

>

> Very truly yours,

>

> F. McHugh

>

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