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The hearing for the Community Choice Act, CCA, (S. 799) in the Senate
Finance Committee is still on for September 25. Just about 2 weeks from
now.
It will be held at 10:00 AM in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room
G-50.
Senate Finance is the "committee of jurisdiction" for the CCA in the Senate.
That means they are the committee that will decide about the bill moving on
to the full Senate for passage.
We want to make sure ALL the Finance Committee members attend the hearing.
Sometimes only one or 2 are there, but the more we can get to attend, the
more will learn about the bill and these issues.
We need your help to ensure that as many of the committee members attend as
possible. Below is a list of Senators on the Senate Finance Committee:
Democrats
MAX BAUCUS, MT (Chair of the Committee)
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV, WV
KENT CONRAD, ND
JEFF BINGAMAN, NM
JOHN F. KERRY, MA
BLANCHE L. LINCOLN, AR
RON WYDEN, OR
CHARLES E. SCHUMER, NY (co-sponsor)
DEBBIE STABENOW, MI
MARIA CANTWELL, WA
KEN SALAZAR, CO (co-sponsor)
Republicans
CHARLES GRASSLEY, IA (Ranking Minority Member)
ORRIN G. HATCH, UT
TRENT LOTT, MS
OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, ME
JON KYL, AZ
GORDON SMITH, OR
JIM BUNNING, KY
MIKE CRAPO, ID
PAT ROBERTS, KS
JOHN ENSIGN, NV
And if people want to try, other Senators can sit in on Committee
hearings...
If YOU can attend, that would be TERRIFIC. If you have an orange T-Shirt
wear it!
In addition, though only invited people can testify to the committee, anyone
can submit written testimony. If people want to send written testimony to
the committee, here is the address:
Committee On Finance
219 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-6200
If you do send written testimony, we would appreciate your sending ADAPT a
copy so we can use it -- if needed -- in the future. (It's hard to get
ahold of this kind of written testimony, though it does become part of the
public record.) You can email it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or send a hard copy
to: ADAPT of TX 1640-A East 2nd ST, Suite 100 Austin, TX 78702 (note NEW
ADDRESS) or fax to: 512/442-0522.
NATIONAL ADAPT MAILING LIST - Adapt Community Choice Act List
http://www.adapt.org
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