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March 25, 2002 Autism Database Search www.feat.org/search/news.asp

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Are You Being Represented in the Autism Caucus?

[From Unlocking Autism.]

Are you being represented in the Autism Caucus? Is your Congressman a member? Listed below are the 154 Members of Congress sorted by state that are on the Autism Caucus. Our goal is to have 225 Members of the House of Representatives signed onto the Caucus by April 21st (the date of The Power of ONE! Rally) this year. 225 Members will constitute a majority in the House.

Please note that there are no Members from the states of Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming. So, if you are getting this email and you live in one of those states, you might want to contact your Congressman as soon as possible and let him/her know you would like to have representation for your state on the Caucus. You can find your representative's information by visiting www.house.gov.

Additionally, if you see that there is representation for your state but not your own personal Congressional District, this is an opportunity for you to contact your own Congressman and tell him that the people with autism in your district need a voice in Congress.

Let's All Get to Work and Make Sure 50% of the House is on the Caucus by April 21!

Membership List by State. Updated 3/20/02.

154 Total Members comprised of 81 Democrats, 67 Republicans, 2 Independents and 3 Senators.

ALABAMA

Robert Aderholt • Sonny Callahan • Bud Cramer • Earl Hilliard

ARKANSAS

Vic Snyder

ARIZONA

J.D. Hayworth

CALIFORNIA

Xavier Becerra • Senator Diane Feinstein • Bob Filner • Elton Gallegly • Stephen Horn • Tom Lantos • Zoe Lofgren • Buck McKeon • Grace Napolitano • Loretta Sanchez • Adam Schiff • Lynn Woolsey

COLORADO

Scott McInnis • Bob Schaffer • Thomas Tancredo

CONNECTICUT

John Larson • Christopher Shays • Rob Simmons

FLORIDA

Mike Bilirakis • Jim Davis • Mark Foley • Adam Putnam • Illena Ros-Lehtinen • E. Clay Shaw, Jr. • Dave Weldon • Robert Wexler

GEORGIA

Johnny Isakson

ILLINOIS

Judy Biggert • Rod Blagojevich • Jerry Costello • Mark Steven Kirk • Ray LaHood

INDIANA

Dan Burton

IOWA

Leonard Boswell • James Leach

KENTUCKY

Ernie Fletcher • Anne Northup

LOUISIANA

Richard Baker • David Vitter

MAINE

Tom Allen • John Baldacci

MARYLAND

Wayne Gilchrest • Connie Morella

MASSACHUSETTS

Michael Capuano • Barney Frank • Jim McGovern • Ed Markey • Marty Meehan • Richard Neal • John Olver • John Tierney

MICHIGAN

David Bonior • Joe Knollenberg • Sander Levin • Lynn Rivers • Bart Stupak

MINNESOTA

Mark Kennedy • Bill Luther • Jim Ramstad

MISSISSIPPI

Ronnie Shows • Bernie Thompson

NEBRASKA

Lee Terry

NEVADA

Shelley Berkley

NEW HAMPSHIRE

John Sununu

NEW JERSEY

Chris Smith (Chairman) • Mike Fergeson • Rush Holt • Frank LoBiondo • Robert Menendez • Frank Pallone • Bill Pascrell • Donald Payne • Steve Rothman • Jim Saxton

NEW MEXICO

Tom Udall

NEW YORK

Gary Ackerman • Sherwood Boehlert • Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton • Vito Fossella • Felix Grucci • Maurice Hinchey • Steve Israel • Peter King • John LaFalce • Nita Lowey • John McHugh • Michael McNulty • Carolyn Maloney • Jack Quinn • Senator Charles Schumer • Louise Slaughter • Anthony Weiner

NORTH CAROLINA

David Price • Charles Taylor

OHIO

Sherrod Brown • Stephanie Tubbs-Jones • Michael Oxley • Tom Sawyer

OKLAHOMA

Steve Largent • Ken Lucas

OREGON

Earl Blumenauer • Peter DeFazio • Darlene Hooley • David Wu

PENNSYLANIA Mike Doyle (Chairman) • Robert Brady • William Coyne • Phil English • James Greenwood • Melissa Hart • Joseph Hoeffel • Tim Holden • Frank Mascara • John Peterson • Todd Platts • Don Sherwood • Pat Toomey

RHODE ISLAND

Patrick Kennedy • Jim Langevin

SOUTH CAROLINA

Lindsey Graham • Floyd Spence

TENNESSEE

John Duncan • Zach Wamp

TEXAS

Ken Bentsen • Lloyd Doggett • Martin Frost • Kay Granger • Gene Green • Nick Lampson • Silvestre Reyes • Jim Turner

UTAH

Jim Matheson

VERMONT

Bernie Sanders

VIRGINIA

Rich Boucher • Jo-Ann Davis • Tom Davis • Virgil Goode • Bob Goodlatte • Jim Moran • Frank Wolf

WASHINGTON

Rick Larsen • George Nethercutt

WEST VIRGINIA

Shelley Moore Capito • Alan Mollohan • Nick Rahall II

WISCONSIN

Tammy Baldwin • Tom Barrett • Mark Green _______________________________________________________

 

APRIL 21, 2002 - 12 Noon to 5pm

THIRD NATIONAL AUTISM AWARENESS RALLY:

"The Power of ONE! I.D.E.A."

FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

www.unlockingautism.org

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