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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wendy Clark Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 4:09 PM To: Syscon-Tx (E-mail) Subject: FW: [ALA-WO:840] Call your Representatives About Librarian Loan Forgiveness Legislation FYI -----Original Message----- From: ALAWASH E-MAIL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 3:57 PM To: ALA Washington Office Newsline Subject: [ALA-WO:840] Call your Representatives About Librarian Loan Forgiveness Legislation ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 12, Number 61 July 7, 2003 In This Issue: Contact Your Representatives About Librarian Loan Forgiveness Legislation Congressman Xavier Becerra (D-CA) is planning to offer an amendment to HR 438, the teacher training bill. HR 438 contains expanded Stafford (FFEL and Ford direct) loan forgiveness provisions for math and science teachers in certain schools. Becerra has added language to the bill that would also include Stafford loan forgiveness for librarians in public libraries and in schools in certain low-income areas. This bill may be introduced in the House Rules Committee as early as tomorrow, Tuesday July 8, at 4:30 pm. If your Representative is on the House Rules Committee and/or the House Education and the Workforce Committee, please call your Representative's office and urge them to support Rep. Becerra's bill. Committee members are listed below. Capitol switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Thank you in advance for your support on this important piece of legislation. House Committee on Rules: Rep. David Dreier (R CA-26) Rep. Porter J. Goss (R FL-14) Rep. John Linder (R GA-7) Rep. Deborah Pryce (R OH-15) Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R FL-21) Rep. Doc Hastings (R WA-4) Rep. Sue Myrick (R NC-9) Rep. Pete Sessions (R TX-32) Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds (R NY-26) Rep. Martin Frost (D TX-24) Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D NY-28) Rep. James P. McGovern (D MA-3) Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (D FL-23) House Committee on Education and Workforce: Rep. John A. Boehner (R OH-8) Rep. Thomas E. Petri (R WI-6) Rep. Cass Ballenger (R NC-10) Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R MI-2) Rep. Howard P. Buck McKeon (R CA-25) Rep. Michael N. Castle (R DE-At Large) Rep. Sam Johnson (R TX-3) Rep. James C. Greenwood (R PA-8) Rep. Charlie Norwood (R GA-9) Rep. Fred Upton (R MI-6) Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers (R MI-3) Rep. Jim DeMint (R SC-4) Rep. Johnny Isakson (R GA-6) Rep. Judy Biggert (R IL-13) Rep. Todd R. Platts (R PA-19) Rep. Pat Tiberi (R OH-12) Rep. Ric Keller (R FL-8) Rep. Tom Osborne (R NE-3) Rep. Joe Wilson (R SC-2) Rep. Tom Cole (R OK-4) Rep. Jon Porter (R NV-3) Rep. John Kline (R MN-2) Rep. John R. Carter (R TX-31) Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R CO-4) Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R TN-7) Rep. Phil Gingrey (R GA-11) Rep. Max Burns (R GA-12) Rep. George Miller (D CA-7) Rep. Dale E. Kildee (D MI-5) Rep. Major R. Owens (D NY-11) Rep. Donald M. Payne (D NJ-10) Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D NJ-1) Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D CA-6) Rep. Rub�n Hinojosa (D TX-15) Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D NY-4) Rep. John F. Tierney (D MA-6) Rep. Ron Kind (D WI-3) Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D OH-10) Rep. David Wu (D OR-1) Rep. Rush Holt (D NJ-12) Rep. Susan Davis (D CA-53) Rep. Betty McCollum (D MN-4) Rep. Danny K. Davis (D IL-7) Rep. Ed Case (D HI-2) Rep. Ra�l M. Grijalva (D AZ-7) Rep. Denise L. Majette (D GA-4) Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D MD-8) Rep. Tim Ryan (D OH-17) Rep. Timothy H. Bishop (D NY-1) ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Camille Bowman, Mary Costabile, Don Essex, Patrice McDermott and Miriam Nisbet. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Jennifer Hendrix, Carrie Russell, Claudette Tennant. ALAWON Editor: Bernadette Murphy. --------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Include in body: unsubscribe ctls-l For information on CTLS-L please visit: http://www.ctls.net/document/ctls-l.htm
