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Parents, Grandparents and loved ones - We need your help. Please take a few minutes from your day to join us in calling and sending faxes! We need to send the message: DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT TAKING AWAY OUR CHILDREN’S CIVIL RIGHTS!

It has happened again. We need you to act ASAP. In The Name Of Bioterrorism, Congress Again Plans to Extend Liability Protection To Vaccine Manufacturers, Abandoning America's Vaccine-Injured Children.

Senators Enzi and Burr have introduced the "Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act of 2005". Like BioShield and Homeland Security Bills, it plans to take away our children’s rights. Please read and take action now!

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We need your help NOW in putting a stop to this legislation designed to protect the very industry that poisoned our children.

Knowing that drug companies have suppressed safety data and poisoned a generation of children with mercury-laced vaccines, the Senate HELP Committee (Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) is nonetheless expected to push the Biodefense Bill through without hearings. If passed, vaccine makers will have even more incentive to ignore product safety. The reckless disregard for injuries to Americans through dangerous products created by drug manufacturers must not be further sanctioned and encouraged by our lawmakers.

Capitalizing on fear and intimidation, and the reminder of generous campaign donations, drug companies have seduced Congress into awarding the pharmaceutical industry unprecedented liability protection, removing any financial incentive to produce safe vaccines.

The Biodefense Bill, influenced by drug industry lobbyists, abandons the children and citizens of this country and rewards a pattern of bad behavior by an industry recognized for suppressing safety data on vaccines.

Please call and fax the members of the Senate Health Committee listed below TODAY and let them know you and your family oppose rewarding the companies responsible for injuring countless children through unsafe vaccines.

Your communications with the HELP Committee members need not be long or detailed, especially since time is of the essence. Just let them know you are the parent, caregiver, or friend of a vaccine-injured child, and that the language in the Biodefense Bill that protects the pharmaceutical industry for the results of lax, profit-driven safety standards is detrimental to public health and unacceptable. Below is a letter you can use if you want to cut and paste.

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(Dear Your Congressman or Your Senator);

Say NO to Ripping Off The Rights of Vaccine-Injured Children with the Biodefense Bill.

As both a voter and caregiver of a vaccine-injured child, I feel very strongly that my child's rights are about to be jeopardized once again.

As a (Senator/Congressman), we ask you to pledge to put the interests of America’s children and families before that of drug companies. We remind you that the public is watching. Just like the Homeland Security Rider, the Biodefense Bill will be seen for what it is – a gift to the pharmaceutical industry in exchange for campaign contributions.

As a voter, I am asking you to vote against legislation that will remove my vaccine-injured child's rights to fair litigation.

Thousands of families of special-needs children are going bankrupt, and many are selling their homes just to pay for care that insurance does not cover. More over, lawsuits give our children the voice that was taken away. The right to have fair litigation. The right to have compensation for care.

Please do not support anything that allows pharmaceutical companies more favors than your constituents. Especially those that cannot speak for themselves. If you do, we will make sure that every reporter in your state knows what you have done to your weakest constituents.

Sincerely,
(your name)

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Parents, for more information on the Biodefense Bill and its implications to public health, please see the analysis from the Center for Justice and Democracy at http://www.centerjd.org/free/mythbusters-free/MB_VaccinesAlert.htm

Again, this bill will likely go to mark-up on Thursday, so it is vitally important that we contact these people ASAP. Faxes and phone calls are very important and tie up their regular lines. Let them know we are watching out for our children!

Republicans on the HELP Committee:

Gregg, Judd (R - NH)
393 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-3324
Fax: (202) 224-4952
E-mail: mailbox@gregg.senate.gov

Frist, William (R - TN)
416 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-3344
Fax: (202) 228-1264
E-mail: http://frist.senate.gov/contact.cfm

Enzi, Mike (R - WY)
290 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-3424
Fax: (202) 228-0359
E-mail: senator@enzi.senate.gov

Burr Richard (R-NC)
217 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-3154
Fax: (202) 228-2981
E-mail: richard.burrnc05@mail.house.gov

Isakson Johnny (R- GA)
120 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-3643
Fax: (202) 228-0724

Alexander, Lamar (R-TN)
UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4944
Fax: (202) 228-3398
E-mail: http://alexander.senate.gov/contact.cfm

Bond, Christopher (R - MO)
274 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5721
Fax (202) 224-8149
E-mail: kit_bond@bond.senate.gov

Roberts, Pat (R - KS)
302 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4774
Fax (202) 224-3514
E-mail: http://roberts.senate.gov/email.htm

Ensign, John (R - NV)
364 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-6244
Fax (202) 228-2193
E-mail: http://ensign.senate.gov/contact_john/contactjohn_email.html

DeWine, Mike (R - OH)
140 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2315
Fax (202) 224-6519
E-mail: senator@dewine.senate.gov

Democrats on the HELP Commitee:

Kennedy, Edward - (D - MA)
317 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4543
Fax: (202) 224-2417
senator@kennedy.senate.gov

Dodd, Christopher (D - CT)
448 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Phone (202) 224-2823
Fax (202) 228-1683
E-mail: http://dodd.senate.gov/webmail/

Harkin, Tom (D - IA)
731 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Phone (202) 224-3254
Fax (202) 224-9369
E-mail: tom harkin@harkin.senate.gov

Mikulski, Barbara (D - MD)
709 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4654
Fax (202)224-8858
E-mail: senator@mikulski.senate.gov

Bingaman, Jeff (D - NM)
703 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510Phone:
(202) 224-5521
Fax (202) 224-2852
E-mail: senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov

Murray, Patty (D - WA)
173 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2621
Fax: (202) 224-0238
E-mail: senator_murray@murray.senate.gov

Reed, Jack (D - RI)
320 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4642
Fax (202) 224-4680
E-mail: jack@reed.senate.gov

Clinton, Hillary (D - NY)
476 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4451
D.C. Fax (202) 228-0282
Long Island Fax (631) 249-2847
Email: http://clinton.senate.gov/email_form.html

Helpful Senators, not on the HELP Committee but important to contact:

Senator Susan Collins
172 Russell Senate Office Building
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2523
Fax (202) 224-2693

Senator Olympia Snowe
154 Russell Senate Office Building
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5344
Fax (202) 224-1946

Senator Lincoln Chafee
141A Russell Senate Office Building
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2921
Fax: (202) 228-2853

Senator John McCain
241 Russell Senate Office Building
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone (202) 224-2235
Fax (202) 228-2862

Senator Debbie Stabenow
702 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Fax (202) 228-0325

Jeffords, James (I - VT)
728 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5141
Fax (202) 228-0776

Graham, Lindsey - (R - SC)
UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5972
Fax: (202) 224-3808
Web Form: http://lgraham.senate.gov/email/email.htm

Helpful Congressmen to contact:

Congressman Dave Weldon
2347 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3671
Fax: (202) 225-3516

Congressman Dan Burton
2185 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-2276
FAX: 202-225-0016

Congressman Chris Smith
2373 Rayburn Building
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-3765
FAX: 202-225-7768

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