Please take a moment to check out this alert from the National Coalition for LGBT Health. And if applicable to one of your Members of Congress, please respond today! Thanks.
Jim
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Data on the LGBT community's health is critical to identifying and decreasing the health disparities that impact our community everyday. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is the nation's principal health statistics agency, providing critical data on all aspects of health and the health care system. Yet, current funding levels threaten the collection of this vital information.
In order to further efforts to ensure the collection of data about the health of the LGBT community, the National Coalition for LGBT Health recognizes that NCHS must be fully funded.
Please take a minute to contact your Senators and Representative to urge them to fully fund the National Center for Health Statistics.
To take action, please visit: http://capwiz.com/chsr/issues/alert/?alertid=9532261
Please note: We are asking Coalition members whose Congresspeople are on the House and Senate Labor-Health and Human Services-Education appropriations subcommittees (please see below) to contact your representatives today. This alert is focused on these Members, we will send out further alerts when all Members of Congress are voting.
Please forward this email widely!
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
Thanks,
Rebecca
Rebecca E. Fox
Director
National Coalition for LGBT Health
Phone: 202-558-6828
www.lgbthealth.net
House Committee
Democrats
Chair: Dave Obey (WI)
Nita M. Lowey (NY)
Rosa L. DeLauro (CT)
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (IL)
Patrick J. Kennedy (RI)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA)
Barbara Lee (CA)
Tom Udall (NM)
Michael Honda (CA)
Betty McCollum (MN)
Tim Ryan (OH)
Republicans
Ranking Member: James T. Walsh (NY)
Ralph Regula (OH)
John E. Peterson (PA)
Dave Weldon (FL)
Michael K. Simpson (ID)
Dennis R. Rehberg (MT)
Jerry Lewis (CA), Ex Officio
Senate
Democrats
Chair: Senator Tom Harkin (IA)
Senator Daniel Inouye (HI)
Senator Herb Kohl (WI)
Senator Patty Murray (WA)
Senator Mary Landrieu (LA)
Senator Richard Durbin (IL)
Senator Jack Reed (RI)
Senator Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
Republicans
Ranking Member: Senator Arlen Specter (PA)
Senator Thad Cochran (MS)
Senator Judd Gregg (NH)
Senator Larry Craig (ID)
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX)
Senator Ted Stevens (AK)
Senator Richard Shelby (AL)
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Jim Pickett
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