From my friend Barney. I don't know squat about science or science funding, but he assures me this is important!!
Dear FASEB Society Member,
Recently, the House Appropriations Committee passed their FY 2005 Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies (VA-HUD) spending bill. Included in this bill was a $111 million REDUCTION in funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and a $21 million REDUCTION for medical research at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This means fewer grants for researchers. Over the next few weeks, the House of Representatives and the Senate will work towards finalizing the FY 2005 VA-HUD appropriations bill. Please contact your Representative and S enators and urge them to fund NSF at $5.7 billion and VA at $460 million.
The only way for Congress to understand the damage it is doing to science is to hear from you. As a scientist with expertise in these issues and as a constituent, your voice carries great weight on Capitol Hill. If you say nothing, Congress will assume that you don’t care and will not restore these cuts. Even worse, silence on our part may lead to further setbacks in the years ahead. Please contact your Representative and Senators and tell them about the damage they are inflicting on science with these funding cuts.
To contact your elected officials, please log on to FASEB’s legislative action website at
(http://capwiz.com/faseb/home/< /A> )
Here you will find an alert titled Urge Congress to Increase NSF and VA Research Funding. Click on this alert to find instructions on how to contact your elected officials on this issue.
I encourage you to share this message with your colleagues and neighbors and consider signing up f or our electronic legislative action alerts (http://capwiz.com/faseb/mlm/?ignore_cookie=1)
Sincerely,Paul W. Kincade, Ph.D.
President
FASEB
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