Good Afternoon,
On March 7, 2006 we sent a Budget Action Alert to you about the President's fiscal year 2007 budget which recommends, for the first time in 30 years, cuts in funding for NIH institutes that fund digestive health research.
Thanks in part to "the hundreds of thousands of phone calls and emails that flooded every Senate office." (Senator Tom Harkin) the Senate on March 16, 2006 approved an amendment to add $7 billion over the President's budget request to increase the level of funding for discretionary health care programs (Function 550) in the Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Resolution.
Unfortunately, on March 29, 2006 an identical resolution was voted against by the House Budget Committee. However, with support of the full House, the amendment can still become part the House Budget Resolution.
If you agree that "NIH is an investment, not an option . . . funding for NIH is as necessary as defense or Medicare funding." (Marc Smolonsky, NIH director of congressional affairs and legislative policy); if you are concerned about proposed cuts in digestive health research funding, please take additional action and write to your House Representative. Go to our web page at http://www.iffgd.org/budget07House2.html for details.
Thank you.
Bill Norton
William F. Norton
International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
Tel: (414) 964-1799
Fax: (414) 964-7176
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IFFGD is a nonprofit education and research organization. Information can be accessed through our website at http://www.iffgd.org. You can call us toll free at 888-964-2001, or contact us by mail at IFFGD, PO Box 170864, Milwaukee, WI 53217.
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