[NLA] NIFL Director Contacts to Congresspeople -- update as of 9/29/02

[David J. Rosen]

NLA Colleagues,

Monday, September 30th, is the last day to get your Congressperson to 
sign on to the House "Dear Colleague" letter. Please make your follow-up 
phone calls now to ask your Congressperson to sign on -- or to say 
thanks for doing so.    We've contacted 80 now, with Maine as the 24th 
state to weigh in -- and many more faxes and follow-up phone calls from 
other states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, California, and others.

Weighing in: IL, MA, CT, NC, NY, RI, NJ, TX, OH, MD, VT, MN, PA, SD, TN, 
MT, GA, NH, NM, LA, MO, OR, IA, ME

Thanks to those who have taken the time to fax and mail these letters. 
But what has happened in the other 26 states? What happened to Michigan, 
Washington State, South Carolina, Florida and others?

Keep e-mailing me when you telephone your Congresspeople (either to 
DJRosen at theworld.com or to the NLA list.)

When you do a follow-up phone call, please ask for the Congressperson's 
aide who deals with education. Ask if s/he got your fax.  Explain that 
the letter needs to be signed by September 30th.  Ask "Will the
Congressman/woman be signing the letter? Do not be shy about this.

Need a Congressperson's phone number of fax number?  You will probably
find it at

http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/


Note: Those with an asterisk have agreed to sign the letter!

 From e-mail messages I have received through today, at least the
following Congresspeople (and a few Senators) were sent letters urging
them to sign on to the NIFL Director "Dear Colleague" letter in the
House (with mailed copies to the Secretaries of Labor Education and HHS.)

These are in the order that I learned about them.

Here's the list of Congresspeople who have been contacted:

Mark Kirk, 10th district, Illinois (2 faxes)
Michael Capuano, Massachusetts (5 faxes)
Barney Frank, Massachusetts (1 fax)
Ron Simmons, 2nd District, Connecticut (1 e-mail, follow-up phone call)
David Price, 4th district, North Carolina (2 faxes)

* Anthony Wiener, Brooklyn, New York (1 fax, lots of follow-up phone 
calls, has agreed to sign)

Congressman Langevin, Rhode Island (faxed letter and follow-up phone call)

Patrick Kennedy, Rhode Island (faxed letter and follow-up call)
Steve Rothman, New Jersey (Letter)
John Olver, Western Massachusetts (1 e-mail, 1 fax with copies to 
secretaries and follow-up phone call)

Russ Holt, New Jersey
Henry Bonilla, San Antonio, Texas (fax)

Ted Strickland, D - Ohio (2 faxes with cc's to Secretaries)
Katie Shriver in Congressman Ted Strickland's office
who, in a conversation, said she would contact Congressman
Sawyer's office and get a copy of the letter so the congressman could
sign on

Senator DeWine's office (Ohio) requesting that he
co-sponsor the letter (several faxes and follow-up calls)


Ralph Regula, Ohio
Albert Wynn, Maryland
Bernie Sanders, Vermont (2)
Jim Saxton, New Jersey
Martin Sabo, Minnesota
Senator Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland (faxed. cc's to Secretaries, follow-up
phone call)
John Larson, First District, Connecticut (e-mail)
Stephen Lynch, US District 9, Massachusetts (3 faxes)

* Ray LaHood, Illinois, (fax, says he will be signing on)

* Timothy Johnson,  15th district, Illinois (fax) The Congressman's 
office called to confirm that he has signed on!

Representative Portman, Ohio
Senator Lincoln Chaffee, Rhode Island (fax and follow-up phone call)
Mike Doyle, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (two faxes)
Edolphus Towns, Brooklyn, New York (fax)
Senator Hilary Clinton, New York (e-mail)
Congressman Thune, South Dakota (fax)
Dennis Rehberg, Montana (1 fax and hopefully more on the way)
John Duncan, Tennessee (fax and mail)
Senator Rothman, New Jersey (spoke with aide)
Robert A. Brady, 1st district, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (fax, w/copies
sent to DL/DOE/DHHS)

James Walsh, central New York (fax)
Johnny Isaakson, 6th district, Georgia ( 2 faxes, email and letter. This
was cc'd to DOL, DOE, and HSS)

Charles Bass, District 2, New Hampshire (fax and letters)
John Shimkus, 20th District, Illinois (fax)
Cynthia McKinney, Georgia, (faxes  with copies sent to DL/DOE/DHHS.)
John Lewis, Georgia  (faxes  with copies sent to DL/DOE/DHHS.)
John Linder, Georgia, (faxes  with copies sent to DL/DOE/DHHS.)
Thomas Udall, New Mexico (fax and letters mailed to the Secretaries)
Barbara Lee (D) 9th district, California
(fax -- and follow up phone call to be made Monday)

Representative Sherwood, Scranton Pennsylvania
Congressman Vitter, Louisiana (faxed, with follow-up phone calls to be
made Friday or Monday)

Congressman Jefferson, Louisiana (faxed, with follow-up phone calls to
be made Friday or Monday)

Martin Meehan, Northeast Massachusetts (e-mail)

*Joe Hoeffel, Pennsylvania (spoke to aide, follow up again Friday, she 
said Hoeffel has signed on)

James McGovern, Massachusetts (fax and cc's to Secretaries)
Susan Davis, San Diego, California (Fax and cc's to Secretaries)
Duncan Hunter, San Diego, California (Fax and cc's to Secretaries)
Randy "Duke" Cunningham, San Diego, California (Fax and cc's to Secretaries)

Bob Filner, San Diego, California (Fax and cc's to Secretaries)
Darrell Issa, San Diego, California (Fax and cc's to Secretaries)
Pat Tiberi, Ohio (faxed, with follow-up phone call to be made Friday)
Rep. Deborah Pryce, Ohio, (faxed, with follow-up phone call to be made
Friday)

Rep. Hobson, Ohio (faxed, with follow-up phone call to be made Friday)

Richard Gephardt, Missouri
Todd Akin, Missouri
Roy Blunt, Missouri
Gene Green, Houston Texas (fax and cc's to secretaries)
Sheila Jackson Lee, Houston, Texas (fax and cc's to
secretaries)

Earl Blumenhauer, Oregon
David Wu, Oregon
Congressman Latham of Iowa (fax and cc's to secretaries)
Richard Neal, Massachusetts (fax, copies to secretaries, follow-up phone 
call)
Lloyd Doggett Austin, Texas
Congressman Allen, Maine (fax, letters to secretaries)
Congressman Baldacci, Maine (fax, letters to secretaries)
Larry Combest, Lubbock Texas
Congressman Silvestre Reyes, Democrat, El Paso Texas ( Letter w/ CC: to 
Chao, Thompson and Page)
Congressman Boehner, Ohio (Letter)
Congressman Portman, Ohio (Letter)
Congressman Chabot, Ohio (letter)
Congressmen Coyne, Pennsylvania (fax)
Congressman Mascara, Pennsylvania (fax)
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, California (fax with cc's to Secretaries)

Total: 80 Congresspeople and Senators


Thanks to those people who have acted -- I hope others have
sent faxes but just have not e-mailed me yet.


David J Rosen
NLA List Moderator


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