--_000_422697E842112241BE9562D58752234E13E694C785beagledavidso_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Important FYI from the FUN Public Policy and Governmental Affairs Committe= e. Best regards, Julio ********************************************************** Julio J. Ramirez, Ph.D. R. Stuart Dickson Professor Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience Department of Psychology Watson Building, Room 202 P.O. Box 7017 Davidson College Davidson, North Carolina 28035-7017 V: 704-894-2888 F: 704-894-2512 ________________________________ [http://www.researchamerica.org/app/webroot/uploads/ResearchAmerica.jpg] Urge Your Representative to Support NIH Funding Now Deadline Extended to March 19 There's still time to urge your representative to support increasing fundin= g for the National Institutes of Health to $35 billion in FY 2011. Please w= rite to your representative immediately to ensure NIH does not lose ground. Representatives Edward Markey (D-7th, MA), Janice Schakowsky (D-9th, IL), R= ush Holt (D-12th, NJ), Susan Davis (D-53rd, CA), Joe Courtney (D-2nd, CT) a= nd Jackie Speier (D-12th, CA) are inviting their colleagues to join them on= a letter to the Appropriations Committee in support of increased funding f= or NIH in FY 2011. The letter states that the advocacy community is recomme= nding $35 billion for NIH and that the congressional members are "seeking a= n increase for NIH of at least 7 percent, with some of us believing that th= e appropriate funding increase would be as much as 12 percent." ($35 billio= n) The deadline to sign the letter has been extended to March 19. Each congressional office can also submit a Program Level Request to the La= bor Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittee re= commending $35 billion for NIH in FY 2011. This is the one opportunity for = all members of Congress to make their own funding recommendations to the le= adership. It is critical for representatives to both sign the letter and submit the P= rogram Level Request. Urge your representative to do so immediately. Take a= ction now! --_000_422697E842112241BE9562D58752234E13E694C785beagledavidso_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Important FYI from the  FUN Public Policy and Governmental = Affairs=20 Committee.

 

Best =20 regards,

 

Julio

 

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Julio J. Ramirez, Ph.D.
R. Stuart Dickson Professor
Laboratory=20 of Behavioral Neuroscience
Departmen= t of=20 Psychology
Watson Building, Room 202= =20
P.O. Box 7017=20
Davidson College
Davidson, North Carolina 28035-= 7017=20

V: 704-894-2888
F:=20 704-894-2512

 

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Urge Your Representative to Support= NIH=20 Funding Now Deadline Extended to March 19<= /DIV> There's still time to urge your representat= ive to=20 support increasing funding for the National Institutes of Health to $= 35=20 billion in FY 2011. Please write to your representative immediately to ensur= e NIH=20 does not lose ground. Representatives Edward Markey (D-7th, M= A),=20 Janice Schakowsky (D-9th, IL), Rush Holt (D-12th, NJ), Susan Davis=20 (D-53rd, CA), Joe Courtney (D-2nd, CT) and Jackie Speier (D-12th, CA)= are=20 inviting their colleagues to join them on a letter to the Appropriati= ons=20 Committee in support of increased funding for NIH in FY 2011. The let= ter=20 states that the advocacy community is recommending $35 billion for NI= H and=20 that the congressional members are "seeking an increase for NIH of at= =20 least 7 percent, with some of us believing that the appropriate fundi= ng=20 increase would be as much as 12 percent." ($35 billion) The=20 deadline to sign the letter has been extended to March=20 19. Each congressional office can also submit a Progr= am=20 Level Request to the Labor Health and Human Services  and Educat= ion=20 Appropriations Subcommittee recommending $35 billion for NIH in FY 20= 11.=20 This is the one opportunity for all members of Congress to make=20 their own funding recommendations to the leadership. It = is=20 critical for representatives to both sign the letter and submit the=20 Program Level Request. Urge your representative to do so immediately.= Take action now!

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