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Oppose Any Amendments that Decrease Funding for Health Research
AACR Science Policy Alert *** AACR Science Policy Alert
To: All AACR Members
From: Dr. Geoffrey M. Wahl, President; Dr. William G. Nelson V, Chair,Science Policy & Legislative Affairs Committee; Dr. Margaret Foti,CEO
Date: Friday, February 9, 2007 by e-mail
Re: FY2007 Cancer Research Funding Level in Jeopardy - Contact YourSenators to Oppose Any Amendments that Decrease Funding for HealthResearch
Please Make Contact by Monday, February 12
ACTION REQUESTED
By the end of the day on Monday, February 12, 2007, please:
To: All AACR Members
From: Dr. Geoffrey M. Wahl, President; Dr. William G. Nelson V, Chair,Science Policy & Legislative Affairs Committee; Dr. Margaret Foti,CEO
Date: Friday, February 9, 2007 by e-mail
Re: FY2007 Cancer Research Funding Level in Jeopardy - Contact YourSenators to Oppose Any Amendments that Decrease Funding for HealthResearch
Please Make Contact by Monday, February 12
- TheHouse of Representatives has passed a Joint Funding Resolution forFY2007 that would provide for a 2% increase for the National Institutesof Health and level funding for the National Cancer Institute (which iseffectively an increase of $46 million since the NCI no longer has tocontribute to the Common Fund).
- The Senate is now debating and considering the Joint Funding Resolution.
- SomeSenators are expected to try to propose amendments to the Joint FundingResolution that would cut all non-defense spending across the board,including the NIH.
ACTION REQUESTED
By the end of the day on Monday, February 12, 2007, please:
- Write or call your Senators to urge them to oppose any amendment that would decrease funding for health research.
- For your convenience, AACR has prepared a sample letter for you to use or modify and send to your Senators. Click here for the letter.
- If you have any questions, feel free to contact Mark Mendenhall at AACR at mendenhall@aacr.org. To find the telephone and fax numbers of your Senators, visit www.senate.gov.
