apologies. Sen. Cantwell's email is listed incorrectly below but she
can be contacted via email by going to this web site:
cantwell.senate.gov/contact/index.html
(I just email both Senators and it took a couple of minutes each.)
DonnaD wrote:
>
> NIHAC is a member of the Health Coalition for Children and Youth which
> is monitoring legislation such as the proposed Medicaid and Children's
> Health Insurance Program(CHIP) budget cuts. Please email your Senators
> regarding this proposal.
> Donna Denno
>
> From: Children's Alliance
> To: 'dshurtleff@...'
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 3:06 PM
> Subject: Special Children's Action Alert
>
> Special Children's Action Alert
> March 25, 2003
>
> Topics in this alert:
> #1 Protect children from federal budget cuts
>
> #1 PROTECT CHILDREN FROM FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS
>
> BACKGROUND: Amidst news of war, the Bush Administration is working to
> dismantle social programs in Congress and pushed a proposal through the
> House that would cut a few billion
> dollars in social funding for Washington state alone. This week, perhaps
> as soon as tomorrow, the U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote on their
> federal budget resolution which could include huge
> budget cuts to key low-income family programs.
>
> The House version of the budget resolution includes $265 billion in cuts
> over the next ten years, with health programs (Medicaid and the
> Children's Health Insurance Program) bearing over 35%
> of them. In addition, recent reports suggest that food and nutrition
> programs are at risk of receiving large cuts as well. Let's be sure
> Washington's U.S. Senators speak up against these cuts!
>
> ACTION NEEDED: Send your two U.S. Senators the message below and tell
> them why you care about this issue.
>
> Senator Patty Murray
> Senator_murray@...
> 206.553.5545
> 509.624.9515
>
> Senator Maria Cantwell
> Senator_cantwell@...
> 888.648.7328
>
> MESSAGE: Please do not support a congressional budget resolution that
> contains cuts to low-income families and children. With many Washington
> families struggling to make ends meet,
> now is not the time to reduce nutrition and health programs, foster care
> funding, the earned income tax credit, and other types of family
> assistance.
>
>
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