Fw: HR 1961 ~ The Breast Implant Research and Information Act. (2 messages)

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From: " ilena rose " <ilena@...>

Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:10 PM

Subject: HR 1961 ~ " The Breast Implant Research and Information Act. " (2

messages)

> keeling.m@... wrote:

>

> Please post the following to your e-mail lists:

>

> Please make a note. HR 1961 is the bill number assigned to " The Breast

> Implant Research and Information Act. " Please use that number when you

> write or e-mail your Representatives asking them to co-sponsor this new

> important legislation on women's health issues. Rep. Roy Blunt (R-7-MO)

and

> Rep. Gene Green (D-29-TX) introduced this bill. The following

> Representatives have already agreed to co-sponsor: Rep. JoAnn Emerson

> (R-8-MO), Rep. Corrine Brown (D-3-FL), Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick

> (D-15-MI), Rep. ny Isakson (R-6-GA), Rep. Danny K. (D-7-IL),

Rep.

> Jim McCrery (R-4-LA), Rep. G. Oxley (R-4-OH), Rep McCarthy

> (D-5-MO), Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-14-NY), Rep. E. Bonior

(D-10-MI),

> Rep. Bob Filner (D-50-CA), Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-13-OH), Rep. Sherrod

Brown

> (D-13-OH), Rep. A. (D-20-TX), Rep. R. McNulty

> (D-21-NY), Rep. Sheila Lee (D-18-TX), and Rep. Carson

> (D-10-IN). We hope to have the bill introduced in the Senate soon by

> Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Senator Kay Hutchison (R-TX).

With

> everyone's help and bi-partisan support, we may get this bill passed this

> year. To keep up with the status of the bill and the co-sponsors, you can

> access the information on the web by typing in .loc.gov. When they

> ask for the bill number, just type in HR1961. We need to add two

> Representatives per week as co-sponsors to reach our goal of 100. Please

do

> your part.

> Keeling

>

> From: " Beth Buchholz " <mbbuchholz@...>

> " Ilena Rose " <ilena@...>

> Subject: Re: New Bill Calls for More Breast Implant Research

> Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 09:03:35 -0400

>

> We had a great day! And, some unlikely offices/Members of

> Congress were really interested in the bill and the issue.

> It is surprising how often we run into legislative

> assistants on Capitol Hill who say " oh, my best friend just

> got implants; my sister just got implants. " They become

> gravely concerned when they can identify an individual.

>

>