Action Advocacy

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If you prefer that I dont send this type of thing to the list, please

let me know and I will not do so in the future. This is long as it

lists the government contacts for each state.

The House subcommittee responsible for funding the National Institutes

of Health (NIH) is getting ready to act. On May 10, they are

scheduled to " mark up, " or draft, the bill that funds NIH. That means

it's time for people with diabetes to take action.

This year, 266 Representatives signed an Open Letter to President

Clinton in support of the DRWG

(http://www.ep.niddk.nih.gov/dwg/dwgmain.htm) and a cure for diabetes.

Why did so many sign? Because diabetes advocates asked, that's why!

We now need a similar show of support before this important

subcommittee meets and " marks up " the bill on May 10th. Please

contact your Representative by phone, fax or email (because of the

short time before the subcommittee acts, a letter will not be received

in time).

When contacting your Representative, please make the following key

points:

1. The Labor, Health and Education appropriations subcommittee is

scheduled to " mark up " the bill on May 10th.

2. If your Representative signed the Open Letter to Clinton, please

thank him/her (list of signers at end of message.)

3. Express your support for the DRWG and a $500 million funding

increase for diabetes research (as DRWG recommended).

4. Ask your Representative to speak with the subcommittee chairman,

Representative Porter (R-IL), before May 10th and express their

support for fully funding the recommendations suggested by the

Diabetes Research Working Group for diabetes research at NIH this

year.

You can obtain your Representative's email address, fax and phone

numbers by visiting ADA's Legislative Action Center at

http://congress.nw.dc.us/ada/. You can also obtain them by calling

the US Capitol switchboard at and providing the

operator with your zip code.

Many thanks for your continued support of diabetes advocacy and the

American Diabetes Association. Here's the list of signers:

Abercrombie (HI-1)

(ME-1)

s (NJ-1)

Baca (CA-42)

Bachus (AL-6)

Baird (WA-3)

Baldacci (ME-2)

Baldwin (WI-2)

Barr (GA-7)

Barrett, Bill (NE-3)

Barrett, Tom (WI-5)

Bartlett (MD-6)

Bass (NH-2)

Bereuter (NE-1)

Berkley (NV-1)

Biggert (IL-13)

Bilbray (CA-49)

Bilirakis (FL-24)

Bishop (GA-2)

Blagojevich (IL-5)

Blumenauer (OR-3)

Bonilla (TX-23)

Bonior (MI-10)

Borski (PA-3)

Boswell (IA-3)

Brown, Corrine (FL-3)

Brown, Sherrod (OH-13)

(TN-7)

Burr (NC-5)

Buyer (IN-5)

Callahan (AL-1)

Calvert (CA-43)

Camp (MI-4)

Canady (FL-12)

Cannon (UT-3)

Capps (CA-22)

Capuano (MA-8)

Carson (IN-10)

Castle (DE-AL)

Chambliss (GA-8)

Christensen (VI-Del)

Clay (MO-1)

Clayton (NC-1)

Clement (TN-5)

Coble (NC-6)

Conyers (MI-14)

Cook (UT-2)

Coyne (PA-14)

Cubin (WY-AL)

Cummings (MD-7)

Cunningham (CA-51)

Danner (MO-6)

, Jim (FL-11)

, Danny (IL-7)

, Tom (VA-11)

Deal (GA-9)

DeGette (CO-1)

Delahunt (MA-10)

DeLauro (CT-3)

Deutsch (FL-20)

Dickey (AR-4)

Dingell (MI-16)

Dixon (CA-32)

Doggett, Lloyd (TX-10)

Dooley (CA-20)

Doyle (PA-18)

Duncan (TN-2)

Dunn (WA-8)

Ehlers (MI-3)

Emerson (MO-8)

Engel (NY-17)

Eshoo (CA-14)

Faleomavega (AS-Del)

Filner (CA-50)

Foley (FL-16)

Ford (TN-9)

Fowler (FL-4)

(MA-4)

s (NJ-7)

Frelinghuysen (NJ-11)

Frost (TX-24)

Gallegly (CA-23)

Gedjensen (CT-2)

Gekas (PA-17)

Gibbons (NV-2)

Gilchrest (MD-1)

Gillmor (OH-5)

Gilman (NY-20)

(TX-20)

Goode (VA-5)

Goodlatte (VA-6)

Goodling (PA-19)

Gordon (TN-6)

Green, Gene (TX-29)

Hall, Ralph (TX-4)

Hall, Tony (OH-3)

Hastings, Doc (WA-4)

Hastings, Alcee (FL-23)

(NC-8)

Hayworth (AZ-6)

Hefley (CO-5)

Hilleary (TN-4)

Hilliard (AL-7)

Hinchey (NY-26)

Hinojosa (TX-15)

Hobson (OH-7)

Hoeffel (PA-13)

Holden (PA-6)

Holt (NJ-12)

Hooley (OR-5)

Horn (CA-38)

Houghton (NY-31)

Hoyer (MD-5)

Hutchinson (AR-3)

Inslee (WA-1)

Isakson (GA-6)

(IL-2)

Jefferson (LA-2)

(TN-1)

(LA-7)

, (CT-6)

, Walter (NC-3)

Kanjorski (PA-11)

(NY-19)

Kennedy (RI-1)

Kildee (MI-9)

Kilpatrick (MI-15)

King (NY-3)

Kleczka (WI-4)

Klink (PA-4)

Kolbe (AZ-5)

Kucinich (OH-10)

Kuykendall (CA-36)

LaFalce (NY-29)

Lantos (CA-12)

Largent (OK-1)

Larson (CT-1)

Latham (IA-5)

Leach (IA-1)

Levin (MI-12)

, Ron (KY-2)

Lipinski (IL-3)

LoBiondo (NJ-2)

Lowey (NY-18)

Lowey (NY-18)

Lucas, Ken (KY-4)

Lucas, (OK-6)

Manzullo (IL-16)

Markey (MA-7)

Mascara (PA-20)

Matsui (CA-5)

McCarthy, (D-MO)

McDermott (WA-7)

McGovern (MA-3)

McHugh (NY-24)

McKeon (CA-25)

McKinney (GA-4)

McNulty (NY-21)

Meehan (MA-5)

Menendez (NJ-13)

Metcalf (WA-2)

Millender-Mc (CA-37)

, (CA-7)

Moakley (MA-9)

(KS-3)

Moran, Jim (VA-8)

Moran, Jerry (KS-1)

Morella (MD-8)

Murtha (PA-12)

Nadler (NY-8)

Neal (MA-2)

Nethercutt (WA-05)

Nussle (IA-2)

Oberstar (MN-8)

Olver (MA-1)

Ortiz (TX-27)

Ose (CA-3)

Pallone (NJ-6)

Pascrell (NJ-8)

Pastor (AZ-2)

Payne (NJ-10)

, (PA-5)

Phelps (IL-19)

Pickering (MS-3)

Pickett (VA-2)

Pombo (CA-11)

Pomeroy (ND-AL)

Portman (OH-2)

Price (NC-4)

Pryce (OH-15)

Quinn (NY-30)

Radanovich (CA-19)

Rahall (WV-3)

Rangel (NY-15)

Regula (OH-16)

Reyes (TX-16)

Riley (AL-3)

Rivers (MI-13)

(TX-28)

Roemer (IN-3)

Romero-Barcelo (PR-RC)

Rothman (NJ-9)

Roybal-Allard (CA-33)

Rush (IL-1)

(WI-1)

(VT-AL)

Sandlin (TX-1)

Sawyer (OH-14)

Saxton (NJ-3)

Schaffer (CO-4)

Schakowsky (IL-9)

, Bobby (VA-3)

Serrano (NY-16)

Sessions (TX-5)

Shays (CT-4)

Sherman (CA-24)

Sherwood (PA-10)

Simpson (ID-2)

Skeen (NM-2)

Skelton (MO-4)

Slaughter (NY-28)

, Lamar (TX-21)

, (NJ-4)

, Adam (WA-9)

Snyder (AR-2)

Spence (SC-2)

Spratt (SC-5)

Stabenow (MI-8)

Stark (CA-13)

Stearns (FL-6)

Stenholm (TX-17)

Stump (AZ-3)

Stupak (MI-1)

Sununu (NH-1)

Sweeney (NY-22)

Talent (MO-2)

Tancredo (CO-6)

Tanner (TN-8)

, Gene (MS-5)

Terry (NE-2)

, Bennie (MS-2)

Thurman (FL-5)

Tierney (MA-6)

Towns (NY-10)

Traficant (OH-17)

Tubbs- (OH-11)

(TX-2)

Underwood (GU-Del)

Velazquez (NY-12)

Vento (MN-4)

Walsh (NY-25)

Wamp (TN-3)

Waters (CA-35)

Watkins (OK-3)

Waxman (CA-29)

Weiner (NY-9)

Weldon, Curt (PA-7)

Wexler (FL-19)

Weygand (RI-2)

Wicker (MS-1)

Wise (WV-2)

Wolf (VA-10)

Woolsey (CA-6)

Wu (OR-1)

Wynn (MD-4)

Young, Don (AK-AL)

Leading the fight to cure diabetes...

ph LaMountain

National Director of Advocacy

American Diabetes Association

1701 N. Beauregard Street

andria, VA 22311

MIVegetarians-subscribeegroups

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the *heads up*. I have written my representative, the Hon.

Frost in Texas. I hope I receive a favorable reply, both in email and

in action! Mr. Frost supported the letter to Clinton. Now that I know he has

that much interest, maybe my letter will help push this trough. I hope

others will follow your lead in this.

I could not reach the ADA list of addresses, so I went to www.askjeeves.com

and asked the question *How can I find a name and email for my

representative in congress?* I found so much information. This is a search

engine that I use with my grandchildren and is very easy to use and quite

good. Again, thank you for this opportunity. *hugs* Toni

Action Advocacy

> If you prefer that I dont send this type of thing to the list, please

> let me know and I will not do so in the future. This is long as it

> lists the government contacts for each state.

>

> The House subcommittee responsible for funding the National Institutes

> of Health (NIH) is getting ready to act. On May 10, they are

> scheduled to " mark up, " or draft, the bill that funds NIH. That means

> it's time for people with diabetes to take action.

>

> This year, 266 Representatives signed an Open Letter to President

> Clinton in support of the DRWG

> (http://www.ep.niddk.nih.gov/dwg/dwgmain.htm) and a cure for diabetes.

> Why did so many sign? Because diabetes advocates asked, that's why!

>

> We now need a similar show of support before this important

> subcommittee meets and " marks up " the bill on May 10th. Please

> contact your Representative by phone, fax or email (because of the

> short time before the subcommittee acts, a letter will not be received

> in time).

>

> When contacting your Representative, please make the following key

> points:

>

> 1. The Labor, Health and Education appropriations subcommittee is

> scheduled to " mark up " the bill on May 10th.

> 2. If your Representative signed the Open Letter to Clinton, please

> thank him/her (list of signers at end of message.)

> 3. Express your support for the DRWG and a $500 million funding

> increase for diabetes research (as DRWG recommended).

> 4. Ask your Representative to speak with the subcommittee chairman,

> Representative Porter (R-IL), before May 10th and express their

> support for fully funding the recommendations suggested by the

> Diabetes Research Working Group for diabetes research at NIH this

> year.

>

> You can obtain your Representative's email address, fax and phone

> numbers by visiting ADA's Legislative Action Center at

> http://congress.nw.dc.us/ada/. You can also obtain them by calling

> the US Capitol switchboard at and providing the

> operator with your zip code.

>

> Many thanks for your continued support of diabetes advocacy and the

> American Diabetes Association. Here's the list of signers:

>

> Abercrombie (HI-1)

> (ME-1)

> s (NJ-1)

> Baca (CA-42)

> Bachus (AL-6)

> Baird (WA-3)

> Baldacci (ME-2)

> Baldwin (WI-2)

> Barr (GA-7)

> Barrett, Bill (NE-3)

> Barrett, Tom (WI-5)

> Bartlett (MD-6)

> Bass (NH-2)

> Bereuter (NE-1)

> Berkley (NV-1)

> Biggert (IL-13)

> Bilbray (CA-49)

> Bilirakis (FL-24)

> Bishop (GA-2)

> Blagojevich (IL-5)

> Blumenauer (OR-3)

> Bonilla (TX-23)

> Bonior (MI-10)

> Borski (PA-3)

> Boswell (IA-3)

> Brown, Corrine (FL-3)

> Brown, Sherrod (OH-13)

> (TN-7)

> Burr (NC-5)

> Buyer (IN-5)

> Callahan (AL-1)

> Calvert (CA-43)

> Camp (MI-4)

> Canady (FL-12)

> Cannon (UT-3)

> Capps (CA-22)

> Capuano (MA-8)

> Carson (IN-10)

> Castle (DE-AL)

> Chambliss (GA-8)

> Christensen (VI-Del)

> Clay (MO-1)

> Clayton (NC-1)

> Clement (TN-5)

> Coble (NC-6)

> Conyers (MI-14)

> Cook (UT-2)

> Coyne (PA-14)

> Cubin (WY-AL)

> Cummings (MD-7)

> Cunningham (CA-51)

> Danner (MO-6)

> , Jim (FL-11)

> , Danny (IL-7)

> , Tom (VA-11)

> Deal (GA-9)

> DeGette (CO-1)

> Delahunt (MA-10)

> DeLauro (CT-3)

> Deutsch (FL-20)

> Dickey (AR-4)

> Dingell (MI-16)

> Dixon (CA-32)

> Doggett, Lloyd (TX-10)

> Dooley (CA-20)

> Doyle (PA-18)

> Duncan (TN-2)

> Dunn (WA-8)

> Ehlers (MI-3)

> Emerson (MO-8)

> Engel (NY-17)

> Eshoo (CA-14)

> Faleomavega (AS-Del)

> Filner (CA-50)

> Foley (FL-16)

> Ford (TN-9)

> Fowler (FL-4)

> (MA-4)

> s (NJ-7)

> Frelinghuysen (NJ-11)

> Frost (TX-24)

> Gallegly (CA-23)

> Gedjensen (CT-2)

> Gekas (PA-17)

> Gibbons (NV-2)

> Gilchrest (MD-1)

> Gillmor (OH-5)

> Gilman (NY-20)

> (TX-20)

> Goode (VA-5)

> Goodlatte (VA-6)

> Goodling (PA-19)

> Gordon (TN-6)

> Green, Gene (TX-29)

> Hall, Ralph (TX-4)

> Hall, Tony (OH-3)

> Hastings, Doc (WA-4)

> Hastings, Alcee (FL-23)

> (NC-8)

> Hayworth (AZ-6)

> Hefley (CO-5)

> Hilleary (TN-4)

> Hilliard (AL-7)

> Hinchey (NY-26)

> Hinojosa (TX-15)

> Hobson (OH-7)

> Hoeffel (PA-13)

> Holden (PA-6)

> Holt (NJ-12)

> Hooley (OR-5)

> Horn (CA-38)

> Houghton (NY-31)

> Hoyer (MD-5)

> Hutchinson (AR-3)

> Inslee (WA-1)

> Isakson (GA-6)

> (IL-2)

> Jefferson (LA-2)

> (TN-1)

> (LA-7)

> , (CT-6)

> , Walter (NC-3)

> Kanjorski (PA-11)

> (NY-19)

> Kennedy (RI-1)

> Kildee (MI-9)

> Kilpatrick (MI-15)

> King (NY-3)

> Kleczka (WI-4)

> Klink (PA-4)

> Kolbe (AZ-5)

> Kucinich (OH-10)

> Kuykendall (CA-36)

> LaFalce (NY-29)

> Lantos (CA-12)

> Largent (OK-1)

> Larson (CT-1)

> Latham (IA-5)

>

> Leach (IA-1)

> Levin (MI-12)

> , Ron (KY-2)

> Lipinski (IL-3)

> LoBiondo (NJ-2)

> Lowey (NY-18)

> Lowey (NY-18)

> Lucas, Ken (KY-4)

> Lucas, (OK-6)

> Manzullo (IL-16)

> Markey (MA-7)

> Mascara (PA-20)

> Matsui (CA-5)

> McCarthy, (D-MO)

> McDermott (WA-7)

> McGovern (MA-3)

> McHugh (NY-24)

> McKeon (CA-25)

> McKinney (GA-4)

> McNulty (NY-21)

> Meehan (MA-5)

> Menendez (NJ-13)

> Metcalf (WA-2)

> Millender-Mc (CA-37)

> , (CA-7)

> Moakley (MA-9)

> (KS-3)

> Moran, Jim (VA-8)

> Moran, Jerry (KS-1)

> Morella (MD-8)

> Murtha (PA-12)

> Nadler (NY-8)

> Neal (MA-2)

> Nethercutt (WA-05)

> Nussle (IA-2)

> Oberstar (MN-8)

> Olver (MA-1)

> Ortiz (TX-27)

> Ose (CA-3)

> Pallone (NJ-6)

> Pascrell (NJ-8)

> Pastor (AZ-2)

> Payne (NJ-10)

> , (PA-5)

> Phelps (IL-19)

> Pickering (MS-3)

> Pickett (VA-2)

> Pombo (CA-11)

> Pomeroy (ND-AL)

> Portman (OH-2)

> Price (NC-4)

> Pryce (OH-15)

> Quinn (NY-30)

> Radanovich (CA-19)

> Rahall (WV-3)

> Rangel (NY-15)

> Regula (OH-16)

> Reyes (TX-16)

> Riley (AL-3)

> Rivers (MI-13)

> (TX-28)

> Roemer (IN-3)

> Romero-Barcelo (PR-RC)

> Rothman (NJ-9)

> Roybal-Allard (CA-33)

> Rush (IL-1)

> (WI-1)

> (VT-AL)

> Sandlin (TX-1)

> Sawyer (OH-14)

> Saxton (NJ-3)

> Schaffer (CO-4)

> Schakowsky (IL-9)

> , Bobby (VA-3)

> Serrano (NY-16)

> Sessions (TX-5)

> Shays (CT-4)

> Sherman (CA-24)

> Sherwood (PA-10)

> Simpson (ID-2)

> Skeen (NM-2)

> Skelton (MO-4)

> Slaughter (NY-28)

> , Lamar (TX-21)

> , (NJ-4)

> , Adam (WA-9)

> Snyder (AR-2)

> Spence (SC-2)

> Spratt (SC-5)

> Stabenow (MI-8)

> Stark (CA-13)

> Stearns (FL-6)

> Stenholm (TX-17)

> Stump (AZ-3)

> Stupak (MI-1)

> Sununu (NH-1)

> Sweeney (NY-22)

> Talent (MO-2)

> Tancredo (CO-6)

> Tanner (TN-8)

> , Gene (MS-5)

> Terry (NE-2)

> , Bennie (MS-2)

> Thurman (FL-5)

> Tierney (MA-6)

> Towns (NY-10)

> Traficant (OH-17)

> Tubbs- (OH-11)

> (TX-2)

> Underwood (GU-Del)

> Velazquez (NY-12)

> Vento (MN-4)

> Walsh (NY-25)

> Wamp (TN-3)

> Waters (CA-35)

> Watkins (OK-3)

> Waxman (CA-29)

> Weiner (NY-9)

> Weldon, Curt (PA-7)

> Wexler (FL-19)

> Weygand (RI-2)

> Wicker (MS-1)

> Wise (WV-2)

> Wolf (VA-10)

> Woolsey (CA-6)

> Wu (OR-1)

> Wynn (MD-4)

> Young, Don (AK-AL)

>

> Leading the fight to cure diabetes...

>

> ph LaMountain

> National Director of Advocacy

> American Diabetes Association

> 1701 N. Beauregard Street

> andria, VA 22311

>

> MIVegetarians-subscribeegroups

>

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