Needcalls to Congress today before midnight

[Guest guest]

Whatever your opinion on the final form of CAA, calls need to be made

today. House committee Chairpeople think they can ignore the autism

epidemic without consequences.

For this year and for future years, it is important for them to know

we are here and we are not going away.

The House session lasts until midnight. Thanks,

PS- Please, no public debate today. Private emails welcome.

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Call Rep. Barton today at 202-225-2002, and let him know that it is

unacceptable for our elected officials to put personal, political

interests ahead of your sick children! Ask him to put S.843 on the

House suspension calendar!

Call Speaker Hastert at 202-225-0600 and ask him to do what's right

for children with autism. Ask him to put S.843 on the House

suspension calendar!

Call Majority Leader Boehner at 202-225-4000 today and make your voice

heard! Ask him to put S.843 on the House suspension calendar!

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Chairman Barton Stops Combating Autism Act - For Now

Remaining Hope with Boehner/Hastert

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton (TX) will not

consider the Senate-passed Combating Autism Act in the House this

session. He remains steadfastly unmoved and unimpressed by over 200

House members and a unanimous Senate. Without regard to the merits of

our bill or the desperate state of our children, he indicated he would

not even consider it without passage of his NIH Reform bill—an

impossibility this Congress. In the end, his personal legislative

agenda outweighed the needs of hundreds of thousands of children with

autism. He would only consider a bill devoid of any NIH provisions,

including environmental research, and that is unacceptable to the

autism community.

Let Chairman Barton know how you feel! Call Barton today and let him

know that it is unacceptable for our elected officials to put

personal, political interests ahead of your sick children! Call Rep.

Barton today at 202-225-2002. Keep calling until you get through.

Let's jam his phone lines and make ourselves heard.

Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (IL) has thus far refused to

intervene on our children's behalf. His Office of the Speaker website

states: " At home we put children first, and Republicans are doing just

that in the House " . Ask him to back that up and put S.843 on the

House suspension calendar! Call Speaker Hastert at 202-225-0600 and

ask him to do what's right for children with autism.

Majority Leader Boehner (OH) has been unwilling to stand up to

Chairman Barton! Let him know you expect him to show the leadership it

takes to do the right thing for hundreds of thousands of children and

put S.843 on the House suspension calendar. Call Majority Leader

Boehner at 202-225-4000 today and make your voice heard!

Our fight is far from over! Call all three representatives today and

let them hear the full voice of the autism community. We will speak

for our children, because they cannot.

Thank you for your support! For complete information about the

Combating Autism Act of 2006, or to contact us, go to

www.combatautism.org.

About The Combating Autism Act of 2006

The Combating Autism Act of 2006 builds on the provisions of the

Children's Health Act of 2000 and would authorize approximately $920

million in federal funds over five years to combat autism through

research, screening, intervention and education.

The Combating Autism Act of 2006 is supported by the following autism

organizations:

Autism One

Autism Society of America

Autism Speaks

COSAC

Cure Autism Now

Dan Marino Foundation

Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation

First Signs

Generation Rescue

The Help Group

National Autism Association

Organization for Autism Research

S.A.F.E. Inc.

SafeMinds

Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center

Talk About Curing Autism

TalkAutism

The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology

Unlocking Autism

US Autism and Asperger Association