CALL TO ACTION 2007 #4 (September 28, 2007)
from Pat Smith, President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc. (LDA)

There is a completely revamped webpage describing the complete status of our current legislation pending at the federal level of the United States government. It can be found here:

http://lymediseaseassociation.org/HR741/HR741.html#Federal%20Bill.

Everything is there to make it easy for you to keep informed and to contact your congressmen, including sample letters and phone blurbs. If you cannot get to a link, hold "CTRL key" and then "click" on it.

We prefer the actions be taken by Wednesday, Oct. 3rd 2007. If this is not possible, take the action ASAP.

HISTORY

In January, H741 was introduced into the US House. In June, the same bill was introduced into the US Senate as S1708. Currently, HR 741 has 89 co-sponsors. S 1708 has 7. This summer, we were in discussions with many offices in DC. We now have a chance for hearings on the bills. YOU need to take action to ensure that happens.

NEW ACTION #1 IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED:
Contact Members of Senate & House Health Committees

Who: INDIVIDUALS & ORGANIZATIONS
What: Call & write Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Members & House Health Sub-Committee members to request hearings.
Where:

Individuals go here for details:
http://lymediseaseassociation.org/HR741/HR741.html#Individuals
Organizations can look here for details:
http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/HR741/HR741.html#Organizations

Click EACH bill number and take actions on both.

NEW ACTION #2 IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED:
Contact Senators
Who: INDIVIDUALS & ORGANIZATIONS
What: Call and write your state's 2 US Senators to ask them to co-sponsor S1708
Where: Get detailed information here:

http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/HR741/HR741.html#SignedOn.

Click on your state to see who has or has not signed on to co-sponsor the legislation and make your calls and send out your emails.

Thanks to everyone for a job well done.
Pat Smith
President
Lyme Disease Association, Inc.
PO Box 1438
Jackson, NJ 08527
888-366-6611 information line
732 938-7215 fax
www.LymeDiseaseAssociation.org

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