FW: Thank You For Emailing Congressman Cantor - Please Call His Office Now

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Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 1:08 PM

N Rubin

Subject: Thank You For Emailing Congressman Cantor - Please Call His Office Now

Thank you so much. Without participation like yours today, we could not do what

we do!

Securing Congressman Cantor's leadership on this initiative is key. We need his

help to guide this measure swiftly through Congress so that it can be

reauthorized by September 30th.

To do that we must keep the pressure on and you can do that by doing two more

things quickly:

1) Call Leader Cantor's office (yes again, even if you already have) at

202.225.4000 and say " I am calling to ask Leader Cantor to move HR 2005, The

Combating Autism Reauthorization Act to the House Floor for a vote as it was

originally introduced. I accept no substitute or alteration to the original

bill. Thank you. "

2) Ask your friends and family to help you - no matter where they live in the

country by spreading the word through an email to them or by posting something

like this on your Facebook page:

" House Leader Cantor's support for the Combating Autism Reauthorization Act is

critical to secure $693M in autism research & treatment money. Please call him

at 202.225.4000 and say " Move HR 2005 to the House Floor for a vote AS IS!

Thanks " then follow up by sending an email on this link below. Write DONE to let

me know you helped!

LINK TO: www.autismvotes.org/CARA-Cantor<http://www.autismvotes.org/CARA-Cantor>

Thanks for your support!

The Government Relations Team

Autism Votes

An initiative of Autism Speaks

Your message was sent to:

Representative Cantor

I am a member of the RJC, and the father of a son with Autism. I understand that

you, Majority Leader Cantor, have the ability to call the Combating Autism

Reauthorization Act of 2011, HR 2005, to the House Floor for a vote. If this

critical legislation is not renewed before September 30th as originally

introduced, essential provisions of the original law will expire.

I am writing today to ask you to do just that. Bring HR 2005 to the House Floor

for a vote as it stands now without amendment. A simple extension of the sunset

provision will not do the trick and amounts to you, Leader Cantor, abandoning

the autism community.

Congressman Cantor, you cosponsored the original legislation in 2006 which was

passed by a Republican led voice vote. Congressman Cantor, you are also a member

of the Congressional Autism Coalition for Research & Education. HR 2005 was

introduced in May with bipartisan support in the House and has a companion bill

in the Senate (S 1094) which also has strong bipartisan support.

It is a budget neutral bill according to the Congressional Budget Office. Our

community is simply asking that the Congress maintain dedicated research funding

for autism at current levels. With 1 in 110 children minimum being diagnosed

nationwide we cannot afford to lose momentum. In addition to losing precious

research dollars, this bill seeks to provide funding for the Autism Treatment

Network which treats thousands of people with autism across the country and is

developing very badly needed standardized protocols for medical care.

Thank you for your swift attention to this matter. I hope to hear back from you

shortly.

Sincerely,

Rubin

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