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ACTION ALERTS!
From time to time, there will be problems, issues, pending legislation, or
something else that requires ACTION by our supporters, members, constituents or
readers. Read the following special layouts to know WHY, HOW and WHEN you can help, and WHERE to go to take ACTION!
Note: The Links provided below will direct you to the Parkinson Action Network.
The Parkinson's Action Network (PAN) is the unified voice of the Parkinson’s
disease community—advocating for more than one million Americans and their
families. The Parkinson's Association is proud to join forces with PAN.
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ACTION ALERT
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New York: We need Senators Clinton and Schumer’s
support for the NETRP program! |
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Senate NETRP Dear Colleague Deadline Fast
Approaching
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Take Action!
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Deadline April 9! |
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Help PAN secure Department of Defense research
dollars for Parkinson’s disease! You are receiving this
e-mail because Senators Clinton and Schumer have
supported the Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Research
Parkinson’s (NETRP) program in the past by signing onto
the Senate Dear Colleague funding letter. Please ask
them to sign the NETRP Dear Colleague in support of
innovative Parkinson’s research again this year!
While the NETRP program has received funding in the
House Defense Appropriations bill each year; it has
never been funded in the Senate bill. Last year, the
Defense Conference Committee, which resolves the
differences between the House and Senate bills, decided
that all Defense health research programs that were not
funded in the Senate bill would be cut by 20 percent.
This resulted in a $6.5 million cut to the NETRP
program. To prevent future cuts to the program we must
work to include the program in the Senate bill for the
first time this year.
Funding the NETRP program is PAN’s top-priority and
funding is determined, in large part, by the number of
signatures on this letter. Your Senator’s signature
could mean the difference in millions of Parkinson’s
research dollars. We currently have 23 Senators signed
onto the NETRP Dear Colleague. Please e-mail today! To
see the list of Senate NETRP signers, please
click here.
Click “Take Action,” enter your ZIP code, add your
personal story to the written e-mail, and hit the send
button. Our system will tell you which Senator or
Senators you need to e-mail.
The NETRP program funds innovative research that may
lead to exciting discoveries benefiting not only our
military personnel but the entire Parkinson's community.
To learn more about this important program, please
click here.
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PLEASE SEND THIS EMAIL TO AT LEAST 10 OF YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY
MEMBERS AND ASK THEM TO CALL THEIR STATE SENATORS AND ASSEMBLY
MEMBERS ON THIS CRITICAL ISSUE.
THANK YOU!
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