Al Gore Online Tonight

[Guest guest]

Please forgive if you get more than once copy of this. I was sent

this by a friend who works for the ADA.

Tonight at 9:00 pm EST, Vice President Al Gore will be hosting an

online town hall meeting at http://www.algore2000.com/townhall.

According to his website, the Vice President will personally

respond to questions. This is your opportunity to ask Gore

whether he supports implementing the final report of the Diabetes

Research Working Group and an $827 million budget for diabetes

research.

The timing for this chat is perfect. As we recently reported,

Congressman Porter has proposed a $1.4 billion increase for

NIH this year. The Senate will likely propose an even bigger

increase, maybe $2 billion. Now's our chance to persuade the VP

that a large share of that increase should be used to implement

the DRWG.

Despite the facts, your letters and calls, broad Congressional

support and hundreds of opportunities in diabetes research that

are being missed every day, NIH hasn't made plans to implement

DRWG. Now it's time to take it to the next level.

As a federal agency, NIH takes its direction from the Clinton and

Gore administration. As the overall " boss " of NIH, they can

direct the agency to fully implement DRWG. But they need to hear

from us!

By participating in tonight's online discussion, you can show

Vice President Gore that diabetes, and the DRWG, are hot issues.

If enough diabetes advocates participate tonight, Gore will be

more likely to direct NIH to act.

Many thanks for your continued support of diabetes advocacy and

the American Diabetes Association. Please stay in touch and let

me know if your question gets through to the VP.

--

Lee Holbert '85

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