AAS Informational Email 2004-08

Good News: 157 Ehlers-Holt “Dear Colleague” Signers Thanks to AAS Member Help

Kevin B. Marvel, Deputy Executive Officer

Thanks to AAS member response to AAS Action Alert 2004-5 the total number of signers of the Ehlers-Holt “Dear Colleague” letter advocating for increased NSF funding reached 157 prior to the close of the signature gathering period. The entire science community worked quite hard to
gather this many signatures and AAS member participation in this effort played an important part in our ultimate success in breaking the 150 signature target.

Several members of Congress signed on in direct response to AAS member contacts including from Hawaii, California, West Virginia and Maryland (and perhaps others).

The final signature list is provided below for AAS member information. The letter itself can be found at the following link: www.aas.org/policy/EhlersHolt.pdf

It is important that members of Congress who have signed on to this letter be thanked for doing so. If your member of Congress is listed, please take the time over the summer to write them a letter of thanks for signing onto the Ehlers-Holt NSF “Dear Colleague” letter. Only by reinforcing positive Congressional actions can we expect further support on the Hill.

The Final Signature List

Abercrombie, Neil (D-HI, 1st)
Ackerman, Gary L. (D-NY, 5th)
Allen, Thomas H., (D-ME, 1st)
Andrews, Robert E. (D-NJ, 1st)
Baird, Brian (D-WA, 3rd)
Baldwin, Tammy (D-WI, 2nd)
Ballance, Frank (D-NC, 01)
Beauprez, Bob (R-CO, 7th)
Bell, Chris (D-TX, 25)
Berman, Howard L. (D-CA, 28th)
Biggert, Judy (R-IL, 13th)
Bishop, Tim (D-NY, 1)
Boehlert, Sherwood L. (R-NY, 24)
Boswell, Leonard L. (D-IA, 3rd)
Brady, Robert A. (D-PA, 1st)
Brown, Sherrod (D-OH, 13th)
Burgess, Michael, (R-TX, 26)
Burr, Richard (R-NC,5th)
Calvert, Ken (R-CA, 43rd)
Camp, Dave (R-MI, 4th)
Capps, Lois (D-CA, 23)
Capuano, Michael E. (D-MA, 8th)
Cardin, Benjamin L., (D-MD, 3rd)
Cardoza, Dennis (D-CA, 18)
Carter, John R. (R-TX, 31st)
Chandler, Ben (D-KY, 6th)
Clay, William (D-MO, 1st)
Conyers, John (D-MI, 14th)
Cooper, Jim (D-TN, 5)
Costello, Jerry F. (D-IL, 12th)
Cummings, Elijah E. (D-MD, 7th)
Davis, Danny K. (D-IL, 7th)
Davis, Lincoln (D-TN, 4)
Davis, Susan A. (D-CA, 49th)
Davis, Thomas M. (R-VA, 11th)
DeFazio, Peter A. (D-OR, 4th)
DeGette, Diana (D-CO, 1st)
Delahunt, William D. (D-MA, 10th)
DeLauro, Rosa L. (D-CT, 3rd)
Dingell, John D. (D-MI, 16th)
Doggett, Lloyd (D-TX, 10th)
Doyle, Mike F. (D-PA, 14th)
Ehlers, Vernon J. (R-MI, 3rd)
Engel, Eliot L. (D-NY, 17th)
English, Phil (R-PA, 3)
Eshoo, Anna G. (D-CA, 14th)
Etheridge, Bob (D-NC, 2nd)
Evans, Lane (D-IL, 17th)
Filner, Bob (D-CA, 51)
Ford, Harold E. (D-TN, 9th)
Frank, Barney (D-MA, 4th)
Frost, Martin (D-TX,24)
Gerlach, Jim (R-PA, 6th)
Gingrey, John P. (R-GA, 11th)
Gonzales, Charles A. (D-TX, 20th)
Gordon, Bart (D-TN, 6th)
Green, Gene (D-TX, 29)
Green, Mark (R-WI, 8th)
Greenwood, Jim (R-PA, 8th)
Grijalva, Raul (D-AZ, 7)
Gutierrez, Luis V. (D-IL, 4th)
Gutknecht, Gil (R-MN, 1)
Hall, Ralph M. (R-TX, 4th)
Hayworth, J.D. (R-AZ, 5)
Hill, Baron (D-IN, 9)
Hinchey, Maurice (D-NY, 22th)
Hinojosa, Rubén (D-TX, 15th)
Hoeffel, Joseph M. (D-PA, 13th)
Holt, Rush D. (D-NJ, 12th)
Honda, Michael M. (D-CA, 15th)
Hooley, Darlene (D-OR, 5)
Inslee, Jay (D-WA, 1st)
Israel, Steve (D-NY, 2nd)
Jackson-Lee, Sheila (D-TX, 18th)
Jefferson, William J. (D-LA, 2nd)
John, Chris (D-LA, 7th)
Johnson, Eddie Bernice (D-TX, 30th)
Johnson, Timothy V. (R-IL, 15th)
Jones, Stephanie Tubbs (D-OH, 11th)
Kildee, Dale E. (D-MI, 5)
Kind, Ron (D-WI, 3rd)
Kleczka, Jerry (D-WI, 4th)
Lampson, Nick, (D-TX, 9)
Langevin, James (D-RI, 2)
Lantos, Tom (D-CA, 12th)
Larsen, Rick (D-WA, 2nd)
Larson, John B. (D-CT, 1st)
Leach, James A. (R-IA, 2)
Lee, Barbara (D-CA, 9th)
Levin, Sander M. (D-MI, 12th)
Lewis, John (D-GA, 5th)
Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA, 16th)
Maloney, Carolyn (D-NY, 14)
Markey, Edward J. (D-MA, 7th)
Matheson, Jim (D-UT, 2)
Matsui, Robert (D-CA, 5)
McCarthy, Carolyn (D-NY, 4th)
McCarthy, Karen (D-MO, 5th)
McCollum, Betty (D-MN, 4th)
McCotter, Thad (R-MI, 11)
McDermott, Jim (D-WA, 7th)
McGovern, James P. (D-MA, 3rd)
McHugh, John M. (R-NY, 23rd)
McInnis, Scott (R-CO, 3rd)
McIntyre, Mike (D-NC, 7th)
McNulty, Michael R. (D-NY, 21st)
Meehan, Martin T. (D-MA, 5th)
Meeks, Gregory (D-NY, 6th)
Michaud, Michael (D-ME, 2)
Millender-McDonald, Juanita (D-CA, 37th)
Miller, Brad (D-NC, 13)
Miller, George (D-CA, 7)
Moore, Dennis (D-KS, 3rd)
Moran, James P. (D-VA, 8th)
Nadler, Jerrold (D-NY, 8th)
Napolitano, Grace F. (D-CA, 34rd)
Neal, Richard E. (D-MA, 2nd)
Nethercutt, George R., Jr. (R-WA, 5th)
Oberstar, James (D-MN, 8)
Owens, Major (D-NY, 11)
Pallone, Frank, Jr. (D-NJ, 6th)
Payne, Donald M. (D-NJ, 10th)
Platts, Tom (R-PA, 19th)
Price, David E. (D-NC, 4th)
Quinn, Jack (R-NY, 27)
Reyes, Silvestre (D-TX, 16th)
Rogers, Mike (R-MI, 8)
Ruppersberger, Dutch (D-MD, 2)
Rush, Bobby L. (D-IL, 1st)
Sanchez, Linda (D-CA, 39)
Sanders, Bernie (I-VT, at large)
Schakowsky, Janice (D-IL, 9)
Schiff, Adam (D-CA, 29)
Sherman, Brad (D-CA, 27)
Simmons, Rob (R-CT, 2nd)
Slaughter, Louise McIntosh (D-NY, 28th)
Smith, Adam (D-WA, 9th)
Smith, Lamar (R-TX, 21)
Smith, Nick (R-MI, 7th)
Strickland, Ted (D-OH, 6)
Stupak, Bart (D-MI, 01)
Sweeney, John E. (R-NY, 20th)
Tauscher, Ellen O. (D-CA, 10th)
Thompson, Bennie G. (D-MS, 2nd)
Thompson, Mike (D-CA, 1st)
Tierney, John F. (D-MA, 6th)
Udall, Mark (D-CO, 2nd)
Udall, Tom (D-NM, 3rd)
Upton, Fred (R-MI, 6)
Van Hollen, Chris (D-MD, 08)
Watson, Diane E. (D-CA, 33rd)
Watt, Melvin L. (D-NC, 12th)
Waxman, Henry (D-CA, 30)
Weiner, Anthony D. (D-NY, 9th)
Weldon, Curt (R-PA, 7th)
Woolsey, Lynn C. (D-CA, 6th)
Wu, David (D-OR, 1st)
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