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EveryLife Urges Advocates to Support Reps DeGette and Upton Research Enterprise ‘Dear Colleagues’ Letter

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The EveryLife Foundation recently joined patient advocacy organizations in endorsing a Dear Colleague Letter led by Representatives Diana DeGette and Fred Upton urging the House of Representatives’ Leadership to include funding for scientific and medical researchers in the next COVID-19 relief package.

The deadline for Members to sign the Congressional sign-on letter has been extended to close of business April 28th.

Please encourage your House delegations to join this important letter.

Showing your support will only take a minute, but could make a difference as your Representative decides whether or not to sign on.

Current List of Signers:

DeGette*, Upton*, Fitzpatrick, Haaland, Sarbanes, Lee (CA), Dingell, Bonamici, Price, Davis (IL), Lawrence, Katko, Morelle, Vargas, Soto, Beatty, Jayapal, Levin (MI), Doyle, McKinley, Trone, Kaptur, Lynch, Tonko, Smith (WA), Deutch, Neguse, Keating, Rouzer, McNerney, Velazquez, Davis (CA), Kennedy, Cicilline, McGovern, Schneider, Cuellar, Engel, Norton, Carson, Larson, Swalwell, Thompson (MS), DeFazio, King, Ryan, Yoho, Houlahan, Maloney, Lowenthal, Watson Coleman, Trahan, Espaillat, Boyle, Axne, Wild, Huffman, Kilmer, Foster, Levin (CA), Porter, Bilirakas, Torres Small, Holding, Lieu, Davids, Suozzi, Beyer, Rush, Nadler, Craig, Blunt Rochester, Pocan, Castor, Higgins, Rice, Carbajal, Demmings, Slotkin, Moulton, Loebsack, Gonzalez (TX), Butterfield, Lamb, Fletcher, Hayes, Welch, Brownley, Wasserman Schultz, Dean, Meng, Perlmutter, Evans, McCollum, Clark (MA), Clay, Kim, Wenstrup, Johnson (SD), Thompson (CA), Chu, Underwood, Bacon, Himes, Raskin, Kirkpatrick, Langevin, Johnson (GA), Blumenauer, Pascrell, Lipinski, Malinowski, Crist, Gabbard, Sanchez, Stevens, Pressley, Peters, Matsui, Gallego, Stanton, Cunningham, Cooper, Ruppersberger, Cole, Yarmuth, Connolly, Finkenauer, Golden, Kuster, Roybal-Allard, Spanberger, Carter (GA), Gottheimer, McEachin, Escobar, Sires, Baird, Adams, Pingree, Torres, Titus, Crow, Horn, Sherrill, Schiff, Wexton, Fudge, Neal, Cohen, Richmond, Reed.

Endorsed By

Association of American Universities (AAU), American Council on Education (ACE), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), Association of American Medical Colleges, Union of Concerned Scientists, ACT for NIH, Alzheimer’s Association, American Association for Cancer Research, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), American Geophysical Union, American Lung Association, American Mathematical Society, American Meteorological Society, American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, American Physiological Society, American Society for Cell Biology, American Society for Microbiology, Association of Independent Research Institutes, Autism Speaks, Coalition for the Life Sciences, EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases, Friends of Cancer Research, Geological Society of America , JDRF, Research!America, Society for Neuroscience, Algae Biomass Organization, Consortium of Social Science Associations, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and dozens more!

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