Losing of a Great American

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I was very saddened to sign on this morning to find that Christopher Reeve's passing. He was a great man who portrayed the part of Superman in both on screen and in his personal life. His final battle was that to get research approval to use embryoic stem cells for research. His website is http://www.christopherreeve.org/index_gt.html . I think we owe it to the man of Steel to write our Representatives and Senators and get them to sponsor bills that hold our future of solving spinal cord injuries hostage.

To do this, we need to write the Science Committees and our own State Congressmen. My letters are going in the mail tomorrow:

Here are the House Members of the science committee

Republican Members (25) Democratic Members (22)
Ralph M. Hall, Texas Bart Gordon, Tennessee
Lamar S. Smith, Texas Jerry F. Costello, Illinois
Curt Weldon, Pennsylvania Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas
Dana Rohrabacher, California Lynn C. Woolsey, California
Ken Calvert, California Nick Lampson, Texas
Nick Smith, Michigan John B. Larson, Connecticut
Roscoe G. Bartlett, Maryland Mark Udall, Colorado
Vernon J. Ehlers, Michigan David Wu, Oregon
Gil Gutknecht, Minnesota Michael M. Honda, California
George R. Nethercutt, Jr., Washington Brad Miller, North Carolina
Frank D. Lucas, Oklahoma Lincoln Davis, Tennessee
Judy Biggert, Illinois Sheila Jackson-Lee, Texas
Wayne Gilchrest, Maryland Zoe Lofgren, California
W. Todd Akin, Missouri Brad Sherman, California
Timothy V. Johnson, Illinois Brian Baird, Washington
Melissa A. Hart, Pennsylvania Dennis Moore, Kansas
J. Randy Forbes, Virginia Anthony Weiner. New York
Phil Gingrey, Georgia Jim Matheson, Utah
Rob Bishop, Utah Dennis Cardoza, California
Michael C. Burgess, Texas Vacancy
Jo Bonner, Alabama Vacancy
Tom Feeney. Florida Vacancy
Randy Neugebauer, Texas
Vacancy

The Senate Committee

Committee Chairman
Judd Gregg (R-NH) - Website

Republicans
Democrats

Senator Bill Frist (TN)
Website
Senator Edward Kennedy (MA), Ranking Member
Website

Senator Mike Enzi (WY)
Website
Senator Christopher Dodd (CT)
Website

Senator Lamar Alexander (TN)
Website
Senator Tom Harkin (IA)
Website

Senator Christopher Bond (MO)
Website
Senator Barbara Mikulski (MD)
Website

Senator Mike DeWine (OH)
Website
Senator James Jeffords (I) (VT)
Website

Senator Pat Roberts (KS)
Website
Senator Jeff Bingaman (NM)
Website

Senator Jeff Sessions (AL)
Website
Senator Patty Murray (WA)
Website

Senator John Ensign (NV)
Website
Senator Jack Reed (RI)
Website

Senator Lindsey Graham (SC)
Website
Senator John Edwards (NC)
Website

Senator John Warner (VA)
Website
Senator Hillary Clinton (NY)
Website

Please write and encourage our elected staff to support furthering medical research