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Contact your Congressman/Woman Today!

From the Lyme Disease Association, Inc.

PO Box 1438, , NJ 08527

http://preview.tinyurl.com/78f5b7b

November 9, 2011

Background

The 112th Congress convened in January 2011, and a shorter version of a Lyme

disease bill, HR 2557, was introduced on July 15, 2011 by US Representative

of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. WOLF, Mr. HOLDEN, and Mr.

GIBSON).

The bill was referred to the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

The bill establishes a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee. That

Committee will promote coordination of actions taken by government agencies

on tick-borne diseases and will allow a public voice on these actions. Many

other major diseases already have advisory committees. To see the text of HR

2557, go to the Lyme Disease Association's Government Section on its website

and click on the link marked Lyme Bill Text & Summary, or go here for a

direct

link: http://goo.gl/pWK8Z

The Honorable Mr. , who is the co-chair of the US House Lyme Caucus,

reviewed all past bill language including committee structure and function

for clarifications and updates and received public and official input

regarding changes, which were made to increase the chance of bill passage in

the current economic climate, which dictates financial restraint.

Take Action Now

Go to bottom left hand corner of LDA's Legislative Section

http://goo.gl/j5kD3 for a " by state " listing of Congressmen and their

contact information. Using the information provided on the LDA website

(phone, fax, email form), contact your personal US House Member and ask

him/her to co-sponsor HR 2557.

To assist you, sample phone blurbs and letters can be found

here: http://preview.tinyurl.com/89q85zm

Goals

According to Govtrack.com, an independent government watchdog organization,

Congressman ranks 3rd out of all 435 Members of US House

of Representatives in turning bills into law. With your support, we can

help him add cosponsors to the Lyme bill, not only increasing chances of

bill passage, but also educating officials and demonstrating public and

Congressional interest in tick-borne diseases.

http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/images/NewDirectory/Government/2011-11

-GovTrack-M.pdf

or http://preview.tinyurl.com/75cn4pk (pdf file)

Thanks to your past efforts legislatively, many more officials are aware of

the continuing plight of Lyme patients. We need to gain more leverage in

Congress, which can generate other federal actions to benefit the Lyme

community.

Lyme Disease Association, Inc.

PO Box 1438, , NJ 08527

Source: http://preview.tinyurl.com/78f5b7b