NOAA funding

Osha Gray Davidson osha at pobox.com
Thu Aug 26 11:30:06 EDT 1999


Dear fellow coral-listers,
About support for funding NOAA's coral and marine sanctuary projects: It's
been brought to my attention that while contacting Senator Olympia Snowe is
fine, there are Congresspeople with more control over the budget who should
be contacted first. These are:

Controllers of the purse-strings in the Senate:
Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, Chair of Appropriations Committee.
Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Ranking Member of Appropriations
Committee.
Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, Chair of the Commerce, Justice, State
Subcommittee (includes NOAA).
Senator Fritz Hollings of South Carolina, Ranking Member of the Commerce,
Justice, State Subcommittee.

Controllers of the purse-strings in the House:
Rep. Bill Young of Florida, Chair of Appropriations Committee.
Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin, Ranking Member of Appropriations Committee.
Rep. Harold Rogers of Kentucky, Chair of the Commerce, Justice, State
Subcommittee.
Rep. Alan Mollohan of West Virginia, Ranking Member of the Commerce,
Justice, State Subcommittee.

Contact information for these members can be found at:
www.senate.gov
www.house.gov

It's hard to imagine that in an era of a budget surplus, the US House would
 make deep cuts in programs vital to the health of reefs and other coastal
ecoystems--but that's exactly what's going to happen if people,
particularly scientists with expertise in these areas, don't make some
noise about this.
Thanks,
Osha

Osha Gray Davidson
Adjunct Assistant Professor
International Programs, University of Iowa

14 S. Governor St.
Iowa City, IA 52240
Phone: 319-338-4778
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