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Your Constituents Want to Know Where You Stand on Our Nation’S Health CONGRESS: Your constituents want to know where you stand on our nation’s health. Opinion polls show health care and related issues, including research to improve health, as one of the public’s top domestic concerns. Action or inaction by Congress influences many aspects of Americans’ health. It’s important that you participate in this dialogue with the public—including the 125 million Americans represented by Research!America—by visiting www.YourCongressYourHealth.org. Thank you to those members of Congress who are actively engaged in this conversation: Sen. Evan Bayh (IN) Rep. Sanford Bishop, Jr. (GA) Rep. Wally Herger (CA) Rep. Mike McIntyre (NC) Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD) Sen. Sherrod Brown (OH) Rep. Tim Bishop (NY) Rep. Maurice Hinchey (NY) Rep. Michael McNulty (NY) Rep. Paul Ryan (WI) Sen. Maria Cantwell (WA) Rep. Corrine Brown (FL) Rep. Tim Holden (PA) Rep. Charlie Melancon (LA) Rep. Tim Ryan (OH) Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (MD) Rep. Michael Burgess (TX) Rep. Rush Holt (NJ) Rep. Brad Miller (NC) Rep. Loretta Sanchez (CA) Sen. Thomas Carper (DE) Rep. Dan Burton (IN) Rep. Mike Honda (CA) Rep. Candice Miller (MI) Rep. John Sarbanes (MD) Sen. Norm Coleman (MN) Rep. Dave Camp (MI) Rep. Jay Inslee (WA) Rep. Dennis Moore (KS) Rep. Janice Schakowsky (IL) Sen. Susan Collins (ME) Rep. Russ Carnahan (MO) Rep. William Jefferson (LA) Rep. James Moran (VA) Rep. Adam Schiff (CA) Sen. Christopher Dodd (CT) Rep. John Carter (TX) Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX) Rep. Jerry Moran (KS) Rep. John Shimkus (IL) Sen. Richard Durbin (IL) Rep. Michael Castle (DE) Rep. Hank Johnson (GA) Rep. Christopher Murphy (CT) Rep. Albio Sires (NJ) Sen. Daniel Inouye (HI) Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO) Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH) Rep. Sue Myrick (NC) Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (NY) Sen. Johnny Isakson (GA) Rep. Steve Cohen (TN) Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH) Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY) Rep. Vic Snyder (AR) Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (MA) Rep. Danny Davis (IL) Rep. Dale E. Kildee (MI) Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (CA) Rep. Hilda L. Solis (CA) Sen. John Kerry (MA) Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR) Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick (MI) Rep. Richard Neal (MA) Rep. John Spratt, Jr. (SC) Sen. Herb Kohl (WI) Rep. Diana DeGette (CO) Rep. Ron Kind (WI) Rep. James Oberstar (MN) Rep. Pete Stark (CA) Sen. Richard G. Lugar (IN) Rep. Bill Delahunt (MA) Rep. Mark Kirk (IL) Rep. John Olver (MA) Rep. Cliff Stearns (FL) Sen. Barack Obama (IL) Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT) Rep. Dennis Kucinich (OH) Rep. Solomon Ortiz (TX) Rep. Betty Sutton (OH) Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT) Rep. Norman Dicks (WA) Rep. Ray LaHood (IL) Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ) Rep. Gene Taylor (MS) Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (ME) Rep. Vernon Ehlers (MI) Rep. Rick Larsen (WA) Rep. Bill Pascrell (NJ) Rep. John F. Tierney (MA) Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) Rep. Keith Ellison (MN) Rep. Sander Levin (MI) Rep. Ed Pastor (AZ) Rep. Edolphus Towns (NY) Sen. Ron Wyden (OR) Rep. Eliot Engel (NY) Rep. John Lewis (GA) Rep. Donald Payne (NJ) Rep. Fred Upton (MI) Rep. Neil Abercrombie (HI) Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (CA) Rep. Dave Loebsack (IA) Rep. Todd Platts (PA) Rep. Chris Van Hollen (MD) Rep. Thomas Allen (ME) Rep. Chaka Fattah (PA) Rep. Nita Lowey (NY) Rep. David Price (NC) Rep. Henry Waxman (CA) Rep. Jason Altmire (PA) Rep. Bob Filner (CA) Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY) Rep. Nick Rahall, II (WV) Rep. Peter Welch (VT) Rep. Tammy Baldwin (WI) Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (MD) Rep. Donald Manzullo (IL) Rep. Charles Rangel (NY) Rep. Robert Wexler (FL) Rep. Howard L. Berman (CA) Rep. Phil Gingrey (GA) Rep. Edward Markey (MA) Rep. Dave Reichert (WA) Rep. Joe Wilson (SC) Rep. Brian Bilbray (CA) Rep. Virgil Goode (VA) Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (NY) Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL) Rep. Lynn Woolsey (CA) Rep. Gus Bilirakis (FL) Rep. Gene Green (TX) Rep. James McGovern (MA) Rep. Mike Ross (AR) Rep. Don Young (AK) Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ) Rep. Steven Rothman (NJ) Your Constituents Want to Know. www. YourCongress YourHealth .org . >.
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