The U.S. House of Representatives is on its summer recess, so elected officials are in their home state until September 8, 2009.
The AA&MDSIF
Grassroots Action Center has issued an
alert detailing how you can contact your elected officials while they are in your state.
When speaking to your representative or his or her staff, urge them to cosponsor the
Bone Marrow Failure Disease Research and Treatment Act (H.R. 1230), if they haven't already (see list below).
When speaking to your senators or their staff, urge them to preserve funding for the Department of Defense Bone Marrow Failure Disease research program in the 2010 Defense Appropriations Act.
The list of H.R. 1230 cosponsors is up to 29:
Neil Abercrombie [D-HI]
Jason Altmire [D-PA]
Michael Arcuri [D-NY]
Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
John Barrow [D-GA]
Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Timothy Bishop [D-NY]
Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Michael Burgess [R-TX]
John Conyers [D-MI]
Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Jo Ann Emerson [R-MO]
Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Barney Frank [D-MA]
Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]
Gene Green [D-TX]
Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Michael Honda [D-CA]
Peter King [R-NY]
John Lewis [D-GA]
Jim McDermott [D-WA]
James McGovern [D-MA]
Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
John Murtha [D-PA]
Todd Russell Platts [R-PA]
Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]
Joe Sestak [D-PA]
Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Frank Wolf [R-VA]