>THIS BILL IS BEING READ IN THE SENATE THIS AFTERNOON. >IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU SEND AN E-MAIL TO [log in to unmask], that's >Representative Thomas Koch, head of the House Health and Welfare >committee. >Tell him you want S.156 passed this year. >Write now, and get others to write too. > >After being read in the Senate, S. 156 will be sent to the House Health and >Welfare Committee. The process of taking testimony begins again before the >full House votes on the bill. Here's where we need help. > >The House Health & Welfare Committee will want to hear stories from moms >who have had problems, especially related to breastfeeding in public and >expressing milk in the workplace. > >It is also important to write to Rep. Thomas Koch who is Chairman of the >Health & Welfare Committee to express support for this bill and urge him to >take action on it. We are nearing the end of the legislative session, and >there is still much work to be completed. Rep. Koch may decide that this >is not a priority, so the more mail he gets, the better the chances are >that he will look favorably on this piece of legislation. He can be >reached by email at: [log in to unmask] A brief hand-written note is >just as effective, addressed to him at the State House, Montpelier, VT >05602. > > If the House Health & Welfare Committee decides to take no action on >this bill before adjournment, we must begin again when they reconvene next >January. The is an important piece of legislation and the first step to >improving breastfeeding awareness and protecting our breastfeeding moms >from harassment and embarrassment. Support for this bill is greatly >appreciated. >For more information and links to the bill go to: http://www.breastfeeding.com/advocacy/advocacy_new_leg.html _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html