Thank you for writing, e-mailing, and calling your Representative about the Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Research Parkinson’s (NETRP) Dear Colleague. Because of your hard work, we secured 71 signatures for the House Dear Colleague funding letter; 24 more signers than last year! To see the list of Representatives that signed onto the House NETRP Dear Colleague, please click here.
The House Dear Colleague letter has been received by the Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, led by Chairman John Murtha and Ranking Member C.W. Bill Young. The Subcommittee will soon meet to establish the House funding level for the NETRP program and the entire Defense bill. Thanks to the strength of support on our NETRP Dear Colleague we are hopeful that the Subcommittee will fully fund the NETRP program in the Defense Appropriations bill. If your Representative did not sign the letter, ask that they call Chairman Murtha or Ranking Member Young in support of $55 million for this critical Parkinson’s disease program.
If your Member signed onto the NETRP Dear Colleague, thank them for supporting Parkinson’s disease research at the Department of Defense. Click here to "Take Action," then enter your ZIP code, and your e-mail message will be specific your Representative's support of the NETRP program.
A similar funding letter is circulating around the Senate and is open for signatures until its deadline of April 9. Please click here to e-mail your Senators about the Senate Dear Colleague.
To learn more about the NETRP program, please click here.
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