Hello all,
I'm going to Topeka tomorrow to our state AWHONN conference with the latest
information on HR 3531. I'm taking the bill summary from Rep Carolyn
Maloney's website at www.house.gov/maloney and the information below is on
the back of my fact sheet. I have to credit Doraine Bailey of the Kentucky
ILCA affiliate for her help. Searching the web for your representatives is
pretty easy from www.house.gov.
There is also a press release from Patsy Kennedy, AWHONNs presodent
supporting the bill at www.awhonn.org
Please use these example freely so that we can get the word out about the
importance of this bill to mothers and babies. Time to log off now. I'll
let you know how things go in the Capitol City later.
Maurenne Griese, RNC, BSN, CCE, CBE
Manhattan, KS USA
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The bill currently has the following House cosponsors: Jim McDermott,
Donna Christian-Green, Sam Gejdenson, Earl Hilliard, Marcy Kaptur, Tom
Lantos, Zoe Lofgren, Jerrold Nadler, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Bobby Rush,
Karen Thurman, Lynn Woolsey, Martin Frost, Tom Barrett. Several other
Representatives have requested information about the bill, and we are
hopeful that public support will encourage more members of Congress to
support this bill. The best way to keep up with who has signed on is on
the web at: http://thomas.loc.gov/
H.R.3531 has already been endorsed by the American Academy of
Pediatrics, the American Public Health Association, the Association of
Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses, the Academy of
Breastfeeding Medicine, the International Lactation Consultant
Association, the National Association for Breastfeeding Advocacy, and
the National Association of WIC Directors. We are hopeful that
additional organizations will decide to endorse this bill.
The best source of additional information about H.R. 3531 is available
through the Special Projects section of Rep. Maloney's website at:
www.house.gov/maloney/
To gain passage, it is important that many more representatives actively
support HR 3531. Our representatives need to know why this legislation is
needed. They need you, their constituents, to tell them. You can help by
providing them with any examples of cases of women who have had difficulty
when they have returned to work and breastfed. Provide them with
information to support breastpump standards. Do you know of cases where
women have been injured or used defective breastpumps?
Here's how to contact your respective Representatives in the state of
Kansas. If you plan to e-mail your representative, please include your
name, phone number and mailing address in your e-mail message.
Congressman Jerry Moran 1st District-Hays e-mail:
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1217 Longworth HOB Room 203 Davis Hall PO Box 1128
Washington, DC 21515 Fort Hays State Univ. Hutchinson, KS 67504
(202)225-2715 Hays, KS 67601 (316)665-6138
(316)665-6138
Congressman Jim Ryun 2nd District-Topeka web site www.house.gov/ryun
551 Cannon House Office Bldg 820 Quincy, Suite 100 The Stilwell Hotel
Washington, DC 20515 Topeka, KS 66612 701 N. Broadway
(202)225-6601 (913)232-4500 Pittsburg, KS 66762
(316)232-6100
Congressman Vince Snowbarger 3rd District-Olathe e-mail:
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509 Cannon House Office Bldg. 182 Federal Bldg 8826 Santa Fe Dr. Suite 350
647 Massachusetts St.
Washington, DC 20515 500 State Ave. Overland Park, KS 66212 Lawrence, KS
66044
(202)225-2865 KC, KS 66101 (913)383-2013 (913)842-9313
(913)621-0832
Congressman Todd Tiahrt 4th District-Goddard e-mail:
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428 Cannon House Office Bldg 325 North Penn, Suite 9 155 North Market,
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20515 Independence KS 67301 Wichita, KS 67202
(202)225-6216 (316)331-8056 (316)262-8992
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