Fwd: FW: POLITICAL ACTION ALERT!!!! - The Bill Has Dropped

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Sandy Mintz <sandym wrote:Wed, 12 Mar 2003 16:44:11 -0900

Sandy Mintz

FW: POLITICAL ACTION ALERT!!!! - The Bill Has Dropped

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PASS THIS ON!!!!

 

NOTE: If any of the email or fax numbers do not work, please go to the

update page on my website to check for ways to update them. That address is:

http://www.vaccinationnews.com/PoliticalAction/HSBUpdates.htm - Sandy

 

From Jo Pike, MoMA, Lyn Redwood, Safeminds

Lori McIlwain and Laura Bono, Right to Fight Mercury Damage Campaign

 

The bill has dropped and it's time to move. If you can, please go to the

boards to encourage the other parents to keep calling and writing the

members of the Health Committee. See below...

 

Dear Parents,

 

Our latest reports are Sen. Frist HAS DROPPED the bill that contains the

offensive language from the old S. 2053 (from the107th Congress) attached to

a larger bill that relates to 3 interrelated issues --

Bioterrorism- " BioShield " , creating a Smallpox Compensation Program and

reforming the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

 

We desperately need to work together to beat the Frist machine. Start

calling and writing the list below and tell them that you strongly oppose

S15, the Vaccine Improvement and Affordability Act and you are FOR the

Burton/Waxman/Weldon VICA reform.

 

Here are some facts we know, some talking points and tips for your letters,

phone calls.

 

Thank you for your help,

 

Lyn Redwood

Laura Bono

Lori McIlwain

Jo Pike

 

 

Bill S. 15

 

Here are phone numbers and faxes of the Senate HELP (Health, Education,

Labor, and Pensions) committee members. The bill should stay in committee

for mark up until around the 19th to the 21st. Then it will go to the Senate

Floor for a vote.

 

Kennedy, Edward - (D - MA)

317 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone: (202) 224-4543

Fax: (202) 224-2417

senator

 

 

Gregg, Judd (R - NH)

393 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone:(202) 224-3324

Fax: (202) 224-4952

E-mail: mailbox

 

Frist, William (R - TN)

416 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone:(202) 224-3344

Fax (202) 228-1264

 

Enzi, Mike (R - WY)

290 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone:(202) 224-3424

Fax (202) 228-0359

 

Alexander, Lamar (R-TN)

UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone:(202) 224-4944

Fax: (202) 228-3398

 

Bond, Christopher (R - MO)

274 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone: (202) 224-5721

Fax (202) 224-8149

E-mail: kit_bond

 

DeWine, Mike (R - OH)

140 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone: (202) 224-2315

Fax (202) 224-6519

E-mail: dewine.senate.gov

 

Roberts, Pat (R - KS)

302 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone: (202) 224-4774

Fax (202) 224-3514

E-mail: roberts.senate.gov/email.htm

 

Sessions, Jeff (R - AL)

493 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone (202) 224-4124

Fax (202) 224-3149

E-mail: senator

 

Ensign, John (R - NV)

364 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone: (202) 224-6244

Fax (202) 228-2193

E-mail: ensign.senate.gov/contact_john/contactjohn_email.html

 

Graham, Lindsey - (R - SC)

UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone: (202) 224-5972

Fax:

 

Warner, John (R - VA)

225 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone: (202) 224-2023

Fax: (202) 224-6295

E-mail: senator

 

Ranking Member

 

Edwards, John (D - NC)

225 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone: (202) 224-3154

Fax (202) 228-1374

E-mail: edwards.senate.gov/contact.html

 

Dodd, Christopher (D - CT)

448 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone (202) 224-2823

Fax (202) 228-1683

E-mail: dodd.senate.gov/webmail/

 

Harkin, Tom (D - IA)

731 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone (202) 224-3254

Fax (202) 224-9369

E-mail: tom harkin

 

Mikulski, Barbara (D - MD)

709 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone: (202) 224-4654

Fax (202)224-8858

E-mail: senator

 

Jeffords, James (I - VT)

728 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone: (202) 224-5141

Fax (202) 228-0776

 

Bingaman, Jeff (D - NM)

703 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone: (202) 224-5521

Fax (202) 224-2852

E-mail: senator_bingaman

 

Murray, Patty (D - WA)

173 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2621

E-mail: senator_murray

Fax (202) 224-0238

 

Reed, Jack (D - RI)

320 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4642

Fax (202) 224-4680

E-mail: jack

 

Clinton, Hillary (D - NY)

476 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone: (202) 224-4451

Fax (202) 228-0282

E-mail: clinton.senate.gov/email_form.html

 

Make sure you send a letter to each HELP committee member (including Frist)

and to your own senators and house members. We can't forget the House

members because if this passes through the Senate quickly like many are

predicting,we will need to count on House votes to stop it. Send to every

house member in your state - even if they don't represent your area. We

can't expect to have that great of coverage in every state so yours may be

the only letter he/she gets from your state.

 

If you are calling your Senator, you need to talk to the Health Staffer if

they have one - If your Senator is a HELP committee member, we especially

need your help and EVERYONE you can possibly think of from your state to

write a letter and call. If we can hang up the bill in the Senate HELP

committee we can stall until the Burton/Waxman/Weldon bill can get a sponsor

in the Senate. (which provides a viable alternative to Frist's plan.)

 

About the alternative bill: The Burton/Waxman/Weldon Bill (House) that has

more of what parents want and really is an improvement to VICA. It is

parent-friendly and seeks real reform, not drug company provisions. It is

scheduled to drop on Tuesday or Wednesday in the House and currently has no

Senate Sponsor. Maybe you can accomplish that with your Senator. You many

want to mention to Senators and House members alike to look to the House

Bill " Burton/Waxman/Weldon " for how parents really want the VICA to be

written.

 

Here are some talking points for your letter. Short is best.

 

Say a few sentences about your child. How he/she regressed into autism after

vaccinations at ___ age. How it has affected your family, if it took a long

time/years to get a diagnosis, current treatments, etc. etc.

 

How you have heard about S. 15 and how it will take away any rights to get

compensation for your child's injuries.

 

Tell them you oppose the 6 year only extension on the statute of

limitations.

If your child is older than six make sure you tell them that this proposed

bill will leave you with no legal recourse to take care of your child. This

is discrimination. The vaccines were mandated by law and your child took the

risk. The government should provide a way to

Cover your child's medical expenses for the injury that occurred.

 

As stated above, mention the Burton/Waxman bill. Tell them you believe this

is a fair compensation plan to address the thousands of mercury-injured

children in this county and you and other families will not stop until

justice is given to ALL mercury-injured children - not just those damaged in

the last six years. There are 15 years worth of these children just since

the

old VICA went into affect!

 

List as many voting family members as possible at the end of your letters.

Tell them these are voting Americans - just in your family alone-ready to

stand up and fight this bill.

 

Use bold, easy to read language like:

 

Don't let drug companies control Congress. Say NO to industry-friendly

legislation and yes to child-friendly legislation.

 

Lawmakers need to hold drug companies accountable for their negligence.

 

Lawmakers need to demand that HHS quit hiding behind poorly designed studies

conducted by researchers paid by both HHS and the drug companies and start

doing research that will get the answers our children desperately need.

 

Here are some facts you can use. Pick two or three of your favorite and add

in some of your own of course, if you wish:

 

In 1999, the FDA stated that mercury exposure from vaccines exceeded federal

safety guidelines.

 

Hundreds of thousands of children currently exhibit autistic-like behaviors

and physical symptoms similar to those of mercury poisoning. These symptoms

began after vaccination.

 

The dramatic rise in autism rates (from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 150) correlates

with the increase in mercury-exposure through newer vaccines given to babies

in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

 

A study from the CDC found a statistically significant correlation between

exposure to thimerosal-containing vaccines and neurological disorders

matching the symptoms of autism.

 

In 2001, the Institute of Medicine stated that the link between autism and

exposure to mercury through thimerosal-containing vaccines was " biologically

plausible. "

 

For the real research to date and not Frist's " drug company excuses and

half-truths, " look to the House Committee on Government Reform. They have

conducted numerous hearings, receiving testimony from doctors, researchers,

and families who validate a connection between vaccine-injury and autism.

 

In all letters:

 

Tell them that there MUST be a one-time look-back to accommodate all of

these autistic/mercury poisoned children and that mercury-poisoning/autism

needs to be added as a " table " injury.

 

 

 

Sandy Mintz

http://www.vaccinationnews.com

http://www.vaccinationnews.com/Scandals/past_scandals.htm

 

" Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. " - Wendell Phillips (1811-1884),

paraphrasing John Philpot Curran (1808)

 

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