NAA Grassroots Center

If you're a parent, caregiver, relative, friend,

PLEASE READ AND PASS ON...

Action Alert from:
Laura Bono
Jo Pike
Rita Shreffler
Wendy Fournier
Teri Small
Lori McIlwain

- Over the last few weeks, our community has been dealing with S.3, a bill that would remove children's rights, remove already-passed bans on mercury and protect drug companies from liability.

- What's happened is that pieces of language in S3 have ended up in smaller, multiple bills. They're using sort of a "shot-gun" approach to get the language passed.

- THERE ARE THREE NEW BILLS INTRODUCED: HR650, S366 AND HR 534. ALL hurt our children's rights and impede efforts to protect other children.

- THEY WILL NOT OUTSMART US. THEY WILL NOT REMOVE OUR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS! We must tackle these smaller bills, or our children's rights will be in jeopardy. This is not an action alert, rather a Parents-taking-back-control alert. IT IS BEYOND URGENT, BEYOND IMPORTANT...WITH YOU, WE WILL WIN!

PROFILE OF FIRST BILL:

NAME: HR650...the `Vaccine Accessibility for Children and Seniors Act of 2005'

INTRODUCED IN: House.

COMMITTEE: Judiciary.

MAIN PURPOSE: Will REMOVE children's rights to fair vaccine litigation.

FULL BILL CAN BE READ AT: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/query

PROFILE OF SECOND BILL:

NAME: S 366...the `Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act of 2005'

INTRODUCED IN: Senate.

COMMITTEE: HELP (Health, Education, Labor, Pensions)

MAIN PURPOSE: Will LIMIT fair compensation for vaccine-related injuries. Will LIMIT rights following injuries from medical malpractice.

FULL BILL CAN BE READ AT: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/query

PROFILE OF THIRD BILL:

NAME: H.R. 534...the `Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2005

INTRODUCED IN: House.

MAIN PURPOSE: Will LIMIT punitive damages.

FULL BILL CAN BE READ AT: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/query

WHAT TO DO:

FAX a letter (sample below) to members listed below. There are 36. Three most critical people to fax are highlighted: Grassley, Enzi and Specter. Sounds like a lot of faxing, but to save our children's rights, it's not much.

CALL members listed below.

IF you do NOT have a fax machine, e-mail your letter to lorimcilwain@nc.rr.com, along with your city and state.

Your letter will be faxed!

Your MAIN message in letters should be:

Do NOT allow LOSS of children's civil rights.

Do NOT allow LOSS of safety measures to protect children.

(sample letter)

Dear Representative of Children's Rights;

Along with Senate Bill S3, three new bills have been introduced to remove my child's rights.

As a voter, parent, and advocate for safety and justice, I ask of that you NOT support the following bills:

- S.3 introduced in the Finance Committee
- S.366, introduced in the HELP Committee
- H.R. 650, introduced in the Judiciary Committee
- H.R. 534, introduced in House

If any one of these four bills pass, my child will LOSE rights. These bills make it convenient for drug companies to ignore sound safety precautions. They INCREASE THE RISK for allowing unsafe drugs, like VIOXX, and unsafe vaccine preservatives, like mercury, to enter into America's health system. They also DIMINISH the integrity of the American Justice System.

My child was healthy until suffering multiple injuries following a vaccine. Will my child's future suffer even more because of these bills? Who will protect my child's rights? Who will stand up and prevent further LOSS?

DO NOT SUPPORT S3, S366, HR 650, and HR 534.
DO NOT ALLOW AMERICA'S CHILDREN TO LOSE!

Sincerely,

(your name)

Alexander, Lamar (R-TN)
SH-302 / Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4944
Fax: (202) 228-3398

Bond, Christopher (R - MO)
274 Russell Senate Office Bldg
Washington DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5721
Fax (202) 224-8149

Burr Richard (R-NC)
1526 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3305
Phone: (202) 225-2071
Fax: (202) 225-2995

Ensign, John (R -NV)
364 Russell Senate Office Bldg
Washington DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-6244
Fax (202) 228-2193

Enzi, Mike (R - WY) ****(critical one)****
379 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-3424
Fax: (202) 228-0359

Frist Bill R- TN Office of Senator Bill Frist
509 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
202-224-3344
202-228-1264 (fax)

Gregg Judd (R-NH)
393 Russell Senate Office Bldg
Washington DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-3324
Fax: (202) 224-4952

Isakson Johnny R- GA
P.O. Box 71955
Marietta, GA 30007
Phone Number:(404) 705-8822
Fax Number:(404) 256-9085

Roberts, Pat (R -KS)
302 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4774
Fax (202) 224-3514

Sessions, Jeff (R-AL)
493 Russell Senate Office Bldg
Washington DC 20510
Phone (202) 224-4124
Fax (202) 224-3149

Warner, John (R - VA)
225 Russell Senate Office Bldg
Washington DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2023
Fax: (202) 224-6295

Clinton, Hillary Rodham D-NY
476 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-4451
Fax: 202-228-0282

Dodd, Chris D- CT
448 Russell Senate Office Building
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Tel. (202) 224-2823
Fax. (202) 228-1683

Harkin, Tom (D - IA)
731 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington DC 20510
Phone (202) 224-3254
Fax (202) 224-9369

Kennedy, Ted D- MA
317 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
202/224-4543
FAX: 202/224-2417

Mikulski, Barbara (D - MD)
709 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4654
Fax (202)224-8858

Murray, Patty (D - WA)
173 Russell Senate Office Bldg
Washington DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2621
Fax: (202) 224-0238

Reed, Jack (D - RI)
320 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-4642
Fax (202) 224-4680

Bingaman, Jeff D- NM 413 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-5141
(202) 224-5521
TDD: (202) 224-1792

Jeffords, James (I - VT) 728 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5141
Fax (202) 228-0776

Arlen Specter, Chairman, (R) Pennsylvania ****(critical one)****
711 Hart Building
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: 202-224-4254
Fax: 202-228-1229

Orrin Hatch (R) Utah
104 Hart Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: (202) 224-5251
Fax: (202) 224-6331

Chuck Grassley (R) Iowa ****(critical one)****
135 Hart Senate Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510-1501
202.224.3744
(202) 228-1703

Jon Kyle (R) Arizona
730 Hart Senate Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4521
Fax: (202) 224-2207

Jeff Sessions (R) Alabama
335 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-0104
(202) 224-4124 - Phone
(202) 224-3149 - Fax

Mike DeWine (R) Ohio
140 Russell Senate Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2315
Fax: (202) 224-6519

Lindsay Graham (R) South Carolina
290 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5972
Fax: (202) 224-3808

John Cronyn (R) Texas
517 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: 202-224-2934
Fax: 202-228-2856

Sam Brownback (R) Kansas
303 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-6521
Fax: (202) 228-1265

Tom Coburn (R) Oklahoma
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-5754

Patrick J. Leahy (D) Vermont
433 Russell Senate Office Bldg
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-4242

Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D) Delaware
201 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-5042
Fax: 202-224-0139
TDD: 202-224-5652

Diane Feinstein (D) California
331 Hart Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone (202) 224-3841

Russell D. Feingold (D) Wisconsin
506 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-4904
Phone (202) 224-5323

Charles E. Schumer (D) New York
313 Hart Senate Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-6542
Fax: 202-228-3027

Richard J. Durbin (D) Illinois
332 Dirksen Senate
Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-2152
(202) 228-0400 - fax