from Parkinson Action NetworkURGENT Help Needed to Save Parkinsonâs Research Program

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from Andrea Browning, Parkinson Action Network
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URGENT Help Needed to Save Parkinsonâs Research Program

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Ask Your Member to Save the NETRP!


Take Action! Visit this page:

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URGENT! The House of Representatives and the Senate have completed 

their versions of the Defense funding bill for next year. The House 

allocated $26.5 million for Parkinsonà âs research at the Defense 

Departmentà âs Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Research Program 

(NETRP). However, the Senate bill does not provide ANY funding for 

critical NETRP Parkinsonà âs disease research.


We need your House and Senate Members to protect both the 

programà âs funding and its original purpose by signing onto the 

NETRP Dear Colleague being circulated by the Congressional Working 

Group and Caucus on Parkinsonà âs Disease.


The next step in the funding process is for House and Senate Defense 

subcommittee members to meet in Conference Committee to work out the 

differences between the two versions of the bill. The Conference 

Committee will decide if NETRP receives $26.5 million, as provided by 

the House, or if the program will be eliminated based on the 

Senate-passed bill. This Conference Committee is expected to meet as 

early as September 5th, 2007.


In addition to funding concerns, we are worried about a misguided 

attempt to change the focus of the NETRP from Parkinsonà âs to ALS 

research. We must let our Congressional champions know that this 

request would in effect be a raid on our long-standing and successful 

Parkinsonà âs Department of Defense program. The Congressional 

Caucus and Working Group on Parkinson's Disease have worked every year 

for the last ten years to fund this innovative Parkinson's research 

program, and, every year, the Parkinsonà âs community has supported 

their efforts.


The Dear Colleague asks the Conference Committee to provide $26.5 

million for the NETRP to continue funding innovative Parkinsonà âs 

research. In addition, the Dear Colleague confirms the Parkinsonà âs 

focus of the program, which, since Fiscal 1997, has been to study 

neurodegenerative mechanisms and treatments with a special emphasis on 

Parkinson's disease.


We need your Membersà â support now more than ever. Signing onto the 

Dear Colleague is the best way for your Member of Congress to show his 

or her support for the NETRP and help protect this essential 

Parkinsonà âs program.




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