US Senate – Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee

S 1708 is currently awaiting action in the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee   

Please contact ALL HELP Committee members from your state (listed below) 
•	urge any member in BLUE font (NOT signed on as a co sponsor) to: 
o	co-sponsor S 1708 and 
o	contact Senator Kennedy, Chairman of the HELP committee to bring it up for a hearing
•	urge any in GREEN font (signed on as a co sponsor) to: 
o	contact Senator Kennedy, Chairman of the HELP committee to bring it up for a hearing
  
Sample phone blurbs & letters for individuals
Sample phone blurbs & letters for organizations

State  Name (Party)		  		    																DC Phone #    DC Fax #	    		E-mail
AK	Senator Lisa Murkowski (R- AK) 	202-224-6665	202-224-5301	http://murkowski.senate.gov/contact.cfm	
CO	Senator Wayne Allard (R- CO) 	202-224-5941	202-224-6471	http://allard.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home	
CT	Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D- CT) *	202-224-2823	202-224-1083	http://dodd.senate.gov/index.php?q=node/3128&cat=Opinion	
GA	Senator Johnny Isakson (R- GA) 	202-224-3643	202-228-0724	http://isakson.senate.gov/contact.cfm	
IA	Senator Tom Harkin (D- IA) 	202-224-3254	202-224-9369	http://harkin.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm	
IL	Senator Barack Obama (D- IL) 	202-224-2854	202-228-4260	http://obama.senate.gov/contact/	
KS	Senator Pat Roberts (R- KS) 	202-224-4774	202-224-3514	http://roberts.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactInformation.EmailPat	
MA	Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D- MA) **
(Committee Chair – see note below)	202-224-4543	202-224-2417	http://kennedy.senate.gov/senator/contact.cfm	
MD	Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D- MD) 	202-224-4654	202-224-8858	http://mikulski.senate.gov/mailform.html	
NC	Senator Richard Burr (R- NC) 	202-224-3154	202-228-2981	http://burr.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home	
NH	Senator Judd Gregg (R- NH) 	202-224-3324	202-224-4952	http://gregg.senate.gov/sitepages/contact.cfm	
NM	Senator Jeff Bingaman (D- NM) 	202-224-5521	202-224-2852	senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov	
NY	Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D- NY) 	202-224-4451	202-228-0282	http://clinton.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm	
OH	Senator Sherrod Brown (D- OH) 	202-224-2315	202-224-6519	http://brown.senate.gov/contact	
OK	Senator Tom Coburn (R- OK) 	202-224-5754	202-224-6008	http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCoburn.Home	
RI	Senator Jack Reed (D- RI) 	202-224-4642	202-224-4680	http://reed.senate.gov/contact/contact-share.cfm	
TN	Senator Lamar Alexander (R- TN) 	202-224-4944	202-228-3398	http://alexander.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home	
UT	Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R- UT) 	202-224-5251	202-224-6331	http://hatch.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Contact	
VT	Senator Bernie Sanders (I- VT) 	202-224-5141	202-228-0776	http://sanders.senate.gov/comments/	
WA	Senator Patty Murray (D- WA) 	202-224-2621	202-224-0238	http://murray.senate.gov/email/index.cfm	
WY	Senator Michael Enzi (R- WY) 	202-224-3424	202-228-0359	http://enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactInformation.EmailSenatorEnzi	

*			Bill Sponsor
**		Senator Kennedy is the Chairman of the HELP committee and can not sign on as a co sponsor.  
			Please request his support for this bill and ask that he bring it up for a hearing.