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Legislative Network Alerts Alert Number 124 May 3, 2005 Action Requested CALL TO ACTION -- CALL YOUR SENATORS, NOW To: Members of the Legislative Network From: Patricia Leahy, Director of Governmental Affairs This Washington Wire deals with two specific issues of great importance to the National Rehabilitation Association: The WIA PLUS BLOCK GRANT proposal; and the proposed closing of RSA's Regional Office and the possible -- some say probable -- outsourcing of RSA's Regional staff's jobs. The U.S. Senate stands in recess until Monday, May 9, 2005. The U.S. House of Representatives remains in session this week. It is anticipated at this time that the Senate WIA bill will be introduced early next week and that markup of the bill may occur on May 11, 2005, a very abbreviated timeline in which to read the Senate WIA bill before it is marked up in the full Committee on Health, Education Labor and Pensions (HELP). Because Senators are back in their home States and because the staffs of the Senate HELP Committee and the House Education and the Workforce Committee are meeting on the bill which will ultimately emerge as the Senate WIA bill, now is an opportune time to contact your Senators in your States with the following message. To the best of our knowledge, information and belief at this time, WIA PLUS has not been added to the Senate WIA bill. As you MAY recall, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce REJECTED the WIA PLUS BLOCK GRANT amendment during its deliberations of the House WIA bill, H.R. 27. And, why did so many Members of Congress reject this misguided approach to VR because many knew it was just not the right thing to do. Now is the time for you to thank your Senator for not supporting the inclusion of the WIA PLUS BLOCK GRANT PROPOSAL AND TO EXPRESS YOUR CONTINUING CONCERN ABOUT ANY ATTEMPT BY GOVERNORS OR OTHERS TO INCLUDE THIS MISGUIDED BLOCK GRANT INTO THE SENATE WIA BILL. By way of a brief background, the WIA PLUS BLOCK GRANT AMENDMENT would allow Governors to take VR money and use those precious funds -- specifically earmarked for individuals with disabilities -- for any purpose that the Governor(s) deem appropriate. THE WIA PLUS BLOCK GRANT IS A VIOLATION OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973, AS AMENDED, AND VIOLATES THE INTENT OF CONGRESS THAT FUNDS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WHO SEEK ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE COULD ONLY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. If the WIA PLUS BLOCK GRANT AMENDMENT WERE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SENATE WIA BILL, THE VR PROGRAM WOULD LOSE ITS IDENITY, THEN ITS ADVOCACY AND THEN ITS DOLLARS. IF THE WIA PLUS BLOCK GRANT AMENDMENT WERE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SENATE BILL OR IN THE CONFERENCE WITH THE HOUSE BILL, THE PUBLIC/PRIVATE VR PARTNERSHIP WOULD DISAPPEAR, PERHAPS NOT OVERNIGHT, BUT OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT LET THIS HAPPEN. As always, when dealing with everyone, please continue to be respectful and responsible in your telephone conversations or written correspondence (which must be faxed, not mailed) to your Senator(s). And, please remember that when speaking with staff to the Senator that this is almost as important (and perhaps in some cases, more important) than speaking to the Senators themselves because that staffer will carry your message back to the Senator based upon your presentation of the message to be conveyed. The other issue of great concern to the National Rehabilitation Association is the proposed closing -- AND POSSIBLE OUTSOURCING OF JOBS -- of the Rehabilitation Services Administration’s (RSA) Regional Offices which provide ongoing and excellent technical assistance to the States and monitoring activities which, as a former RSA staffer, I believe are far superior to those in other components of the U.S. Department of Education. This misguided decision is that of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS). To the best of our knowledge there are 1,400 individuals employed in the Regions by the U.S. Department of Education, yet ONLY RSA'S REGIONAL OFFICE STAFF (66 EMPLOYEES) HAVE BEEN TARGETED FOR EXTINCTION WITHOUT SHOWING GOOD CAUSE FOR THIS DISMANTLING. And, where's the plan? THERE IS NO PLAN to replace the enormous expertise and amount of work that these dedicated individuals have provided over the years to our State VR Agencies, individuals with disabilities who seek the dignity of work and living independently, and others. Certain employees of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) -- who do NOT possess in-depth knowledge -- or knowledge generally -- of the VR program -- have said that the Central Office (CO) staff can assume the duties and responsibilities of the Regional RSA staff. None of these people who have been placed in charge of the proposed dismantling of RSA's Regional Offices -- to the best of my knowledge -- have ever been involved with or in monitoring activities -- nor as we have said above -- possess the knowledge and expertise in the VR Program. We know the RSA Central Office staff is both excellent and hard working -- and believe they are among not only the best staff in all of OSERS but in the U.S. Department of Education, generally. That said, these dedicated individuals have an already overextended workload, especially now since the former Acting Assistant Secretary of OSERS summarily snatched 3 RSA employees and reassigned them to the Office of the Assistant Secretary (OAS). Why? Because as we have said for months, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of OSERS simply has not -- and never has had -- the expertise in the Public Private VR Partnership Program. SO, WHAT'S NEXT? WHO'S GOING TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE REGIONAL OFFICE STAFF? IS OSERS GETTING READ TO OURSOURCE THESE POSITIONS? I BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS YES AND YOU MUST CONTACT YOUR SENATORS RIGHT NOW AND TELL YOUR SENATORS THAT OUTSOURCING THE EXPERTISE OF THE RSA PERSONNEL WILL NOT RESULT IN BETTER MONITORING AND WILL RESULT IN 66 DEDICATED EMPLOYEES -- MANY OF WHOM ARE INDIVIDUALS WITH SIGNIFICANT DISAIBLITIES -- LOSING THEIR JOBS AND EQUALLY IMPORTANTLY WILL NOT SERVE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IN EITHER THE SHORT OR LONG TERM. OUTSOURCING THE REGIONAL OFFICE STAFF POSITIONS WILL -- IN ALL PROBABILITY COST MORE MONEY -- NOT SAVE MONEY -- THAN LEAVING THE PRESENT EXCELLENT MONITORING INSTRUMENT IN PLACE. OUTSOURCING OF ANY VR ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION IS THE SLIPPERY SLOPE TO THE PRIVATIZATION OF THE VR PROGRAM. HAVEN'T WE ALL LEARNED OUR LESSON WITH THE FAILED PRIVATIZATION OF THE VR PROGRAM IN FLORIDA DURING WHICH HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WERE DENIED SERVICES, MANY QUALIFIED VR COUNSELORS WERE FORCED INTO RETIREMENT, OR FORCED TO QUIT -- OR WERE JUST FIRED. The Public/Private VR Partnership has worked well for decades and the structure that is presently in place to continue that successful partnership should remain in place. Many disABILITY advocacy organizations, including The National Rehabilitation Association, have signed on to recently-re-introduced legislation, H.R. 1480, The Federal Employees with Disabilities Protection Act (FEDPA). H.R. 1480 simply states that in cases were FEDERAL JOBS ARE CONTRACTED OUT, A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE SHOULD NOT LOSE HIS OR HER JOB IF THAT EMPLOYEE IS AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A SIGNIFCANT PHYSICAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY. Numerous disability organizations have signed on to this legislation, including the Consortium of Citizens With Disabilities (CCD). Other organizations that have signed on to H.R. 1480 include: ADA Watch/National Coalition for Disability Rights; American Association of People With Disabilities (AAPD); American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR); American Council of the Blind (ACB); American Counseling Association (ACA); American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR); American Occupational Therapy Association AOTA); APSE: The Network on Employment; Association of University Centers of Disabilities; Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA); Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR); Easter Seals; Goodwill Industries; Helen Keller National Center; Inter-National Association of Business Industry and Rehabilitation (I-NABIR); Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDAA); National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD); National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems (NAPAS); National Coalition on Deaf-Blindness; National Down Syndrome Congress (NDSC); National Rehabilitation Association (NRA); NISH; Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA); Research Institute of Independent Living; SEEC; Spina Bifida Association of America; The ARC of the United States; United Cerebral Palsy (UCP); United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association; Federal Employee Unions; National Association of Government Employees (NAGE); Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and others. The National Rehabilitation Association has always felt strongly that one Federal job of an individual with a disability -- or individuals who are providing much-needed services and supports to individuals with disabilities -- should not have their jobs outsourced to those who know very little -- if anything -- about the Public/Private VR Partnership's monitoring and technical assistance activities. The Rehabilitation Services Administration is the Federal agency with the expertise in and responsibility for the administration of the programs administered under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. RSA employs more individuals with disabilities that any other Federal agency to the best of our knowledge. Say NO to the dismantling of RSA's Regional Offices and advise your Senators that this decision -- which was done by administrative fiat by those in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of OSERS who do not have the expertise or experience in this program did not think through this disastrous decision which can only hurt not only individuals with disabilities but the primary public/private VR partnership that serves and has served individuals with disabilities who seek the dignity of economic independence for over 8 decades. We are attaching a list of all 100 Senators for your information and reference. Fight on VR, Fight On. . Alaska Murkowski, Lisa - (R - AK) Class III 709 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6665 Web Form: murkowski.senate.gov/contact.html Stevens, Ted - (R - AK) Class II 522 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3004 Web Form: stevens.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm Alabama Sessions, Jeff - (R - AL) Class II 335 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4124 Web Form: sessions.senate.gov/contact.htm#form Shelby, Richard - (R - AL) Class III 110 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5744 E-mail:senator@shelby.senate.gov Arkansas Lincoln, Blanche - (D - AR) Class III 355 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4843 Web Form: lincoln.senate.gov/webform.html Pryor, Mark - (D - AR) Class II 257 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2353 Web Form: pryor.senate.gov/contact/ Arizona Kyl, Jon - (R - AZ) Class I 730 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4521 Web Form: kyl.senate.gov/contact.cfm McCain, John - (R - AZ) Class III 241 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2235 Web Form: mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=Contact.Home California Boxer, Barbara - (D - CA) Class III 112 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3553 Web Form: boxer.senate.gov/contact Feinstein, Dianne - (D - CA) Class I 331 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3841 Web Form: feinstein.senate.gov/email.html Colorado Allard, Wayne - (R - CO) Class II 525 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5941 Web Form: allard.senate.gov/contactme Salazar, Ken - (D - CO) Class III UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5852 Web Form: salazar.senate.gov/contactus.cfm Connecticut Dodd, Christopher - (D - CT) Class III 448 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2823 Web Form: dodd.senate.gov/webmail/ Lieberman, Joseph - (D - CT) Class I 706 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4041 Web Form: lieberman.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm?regarding=issue Delaware Biden, Joseph - (D - DE) Class II 201 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5042 E-mail: senator@biden.senate.gov Carper, Thomas - (D - DE) Class I 513 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2441 Web Form: carper.senate.gov/email-form.html Florida Martinez, Mel - (R - FL) Class III UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3041 Nelson, Bill - (D - FL) Class I 716 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5274 Web Form: billnelson.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm#email Georgia Chambliss, Saxby - (R - GA) Class II 416 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3521 Web Form: chambliss.senate.gov/Contact/default.cfm?pagemode=1 Isakson, Johnny - (R - GA) Class III UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3643 Web Form: isakson.senate.gov/contact.cfm Hawaii Akaka, Daniel - (D - HI) Class I 141 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6361 E-mail: senator@akaka.senate.gov Inouye, Daniel - (D - HI) Class III 722 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3934 Web Form: inouye.senate.gov/webform.html Iowa Grassley, Chuck - (R - IA) Class III 135 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3744 Web Form: grassley.senate.gov/webform.htm Harkin, Tom - (D - IA) Class II 731 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3254 Web Form: harkin.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm Idaho Craig, Larry - (R - ID) Class II 520 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2752 Web Form: craig.senate.gov/webform.html Crapo, Michael - (R - ID) Class III 239 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6142 Web Form: crapo.senate.gov Illinois Durbin, Richard - (D - IL) Class II 332 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2152 Web Form: durbin.senate.gov/sitepages/contact.htm Obama, Barack - (D - IL) Class III UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2854 Web Form: obama.senate.gov/contact/ Indiana Bayh, Evan - (D - IN) Class III 463 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5623 Web Form: bayh.senate.gov/WebMail1.htm Lugar, Richard - (R - IN) Class I 306 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4814 E-mail: senator_lugar@lugar.senate.gov Kansas Brownback, Sam - (R - KS) Class III 303 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6521 Web Form: brownback.senate.gov/CMEmailMe.htm Roberts, Pat - (R - KS) Class II 109 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4774 Web Form: roberts.senate.gov/e-mail_pat.html Kentucky Bunning, Jim - (R - KY) Class III 316 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4343 Web Form: bunning.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Email McConnell, Mitch - (R - KY) Class II 361-A RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2541 Web Form: mcconnell.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm Louisiana Landrieu, Mary - (D - LA) Class II 724 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5824 Web Form: landrieu.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm Vitter, David - (R - LA) Class III UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4623 Web Form: vitter.senate.gov/contact.cfm Massachusetts Kennedy, Edward - (D - MA) Class I 317 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4543 Web Form: kennedy.senate.gov/contact.html Kerry, John - (D - MA) Class II 304 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2742 Web Form: kerry.senate.gov/bandwidth/contact/email.html Maryland Mikulski, Barbara - (D - MD) Class III 709 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4654 Web Form: mikulski.senate.gov/mailform.html Sarbanes, Paul - (D - MD) Class I 309 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4524 Web Form: sarbanes.senate.gov/pages/email.html Maine Collins, Susan - (R - ME) Class II 172 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2523 Web Form: collins.senate.gov/low/contactemail.htm Snowe, Olympia - (R - ME) Class I 154 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5344 E-mail: olympia@snowe.senate.gov Michigan Levin, Carl - (D - MI) Class II 269 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6221 Web Form: levin.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm Stabenow, Debbie - (D - MI) Class I 133 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4822 Web Form: stabenow.senate.gov/email.htm Minnesota Coleman, Norm - (R - MN) Class II 320 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5641 Web Form: coleman.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm Dayton, Mark - (D - MN) Class I 346 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3244 Web Form: dayton.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm Missouri Bond, Christopher - (R - MO) Class III 274 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5721 Web Form: bond.senate.gov/contact/contactme.cfm Talent, James - (R - MO) Class I 493 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6154 Web Form: talent.senate.gov/Contact/default.cfm?pagemode=1 Mississippi Cochran, Thad - (R - MS) Class II 113 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5054 Web Form: cochran.senate.gov/contact.htm Lott, Trent - (R - MS) Class I 487 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6253 E-mail: senatorlott@lott.senate.gov Montana Baucus, Max - (D - MT) Class II 511 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2651 Web Form: baucus.senate.gov/emailmax.html Burns, Conrad - (R - MT) Class I 187 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2644 Web Form: burns.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Home.Contact North Carolina Burr, Richard - (R - NC) Class III UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3154 Web Form: burr.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home Dole, Elizabeth - (R - NC) Class II 120 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6342 Web Form: dole.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactInformation.ContactForm North Dakota Conrad, Kent - (D - ND) Class I 530 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2043 Web Form: conrad.senate.gov/webform.html Dorgan, Byron - (D - ND) Class III 322 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2551 E-mail: senator@dorgan.senate.gov Nebraska Hagel, Chuck - (R - NE) Class II 248 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4224 Web Form: hagel.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Contact Nelson, Ben - (D - NE) Class I 720 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6551 Web Form: bennelson.senate.gov/email.html New Hampshire Gregg, Judd - (R - NH) Class III 393 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3324 E-mail: mailbox@gregg.senate.gov Sununu, John - (R - NH) Class II 111 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2841 Web Form: www.sununu.senate.gov/webform.html New Jersey Corzine, Jon - (D - NJ) Class I 502 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4744 Web Form: corzine.senate.gov/contact.cfm Lautenberg, Frank - (D - NJ) Class II 324 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3224 Web Form: lautenberg.senate.gov/webform.html New Mexico Bingaman, Jeff - (D - NM) Class I 703 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5521 E-mail: senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov Domenici, Pete - (R - NM) Class II 328 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6621 Web Form: domenici.senate.gov/resources/contactform.cfm Nevada Ensign, John - (R - NV) Class I 364 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6244 Web Form: ensign.senate.gov/forms/email_form.cfm Reid, Harry - (D - NV) Class III 528 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3542 Web Form: reid.senate.gov/email_form.cfm New York Clinton, Hillary - (D - NY) Class I 476 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4451 Web Form: clinton.senate.gov/email_form.html Schumer, Charles - (D - NY) Class III 313 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6542 Web Form: schumer.senate.gov/webform.html Ohio DeWine, Mike - (R - OH) Class I 140 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2315 Web Form: dewine.senate.gov Voinovich, George - (R - OH) Class III 317 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3353 Web Form: voinovich.senate.gov/ Oklahoma Coburn, Tom - (R - OK) Class III UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5754 Inhofe, James - (R - OK) Class II 453 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4721 Web Form: inhofe.senate.gov/contactus.htm Oregon Smith, Gordon - (R - OR) Class II 404 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3753 Web Form: gsmith.senate.gov/webform.htm Wyden, Ron - (D - OR) Class III 230 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5244 Web Form: wyden.senate.gov/contact.html Pennsylvania Santorum, Rick - (R - PA) Class I 511 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6324 Web Form: santorum.senate.gov/contactform.cfm Specter, Arlen - (R - PA) Class III 711 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4254 E-mail: arlen_specter@specter.senate.gov Rhode Island Chafee, Lincoln - (R - RI) Class I 141A RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2921 Web Form: chafee.senate.gov/webform.htm Reed, Jack - (D - RI) Class II 728 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4642 Web Form: reed.senate.gov/form-opinion.htm South Carolina DeMint, Jim - (R - SC) Class III UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6121 Web Form: demint.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home Graham, Lindsey - (R - SC) Class II 290 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5972 Web Form: lgraham.senate.gov/index.cfm?mode=contact South Dakota Johnson, Tim - (D - SD) Class II 136 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5842 Web Form: johnson.senate.gov/ContactPage/emailform.htm Thune, John - (R - SD) Class III UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2321 Web Form: thune.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home Tennessee Alexander, Lamar - (R - TN) Class II 302 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4944 Web Form: alexander.senate.gov/contact.cfm Frist, Bill - (R - TN) Class I 461 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3344 Web Form: frist.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorFrist.ContactForm Texas Cornyn, John - (R - TX) Class II 517 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2934 Web Form: cornyn.senate.gov/contact/index.html Hutchison, Kay - (R - TX) Class I 284 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5922 Web Form: hutchison.senate.gov/e-mail.htm Utah Bennett, Robert - (R - UT) Class III 431 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5444 Web Form: bennett.senate.gov/contact/emailmain.html Hatch, Orrin - (R - UT) Class I 104 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5251 Web Form: hatch.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Offices.Contact Virginia Allen, George - (R - VA) Class I 204 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4024 Web Form: allen.senate.gov/index.cfm?c=email Warner, John - (R - VA) Class II 225 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2023 Web Form: warner.senate.gov/contact/contactme.cfm Vermont Jeffords, James - (I - VT) Class I 413 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5141 Web Form: jeffords.senate.gov/contact-form.html Leahy, Patrick - (D - VT) Class III 433 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4242 E-mail: senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov Washington Cantwell, Maria - (D - WA) Class I 717 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3441 Web Form: cantwell.senate.gov/contact/index.html Murray, Patty - (D - WA) Class III 173 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2621 Web Form: murray.senate.gov/email/index.cfm Wisconsin Feingold, Russell - (D - WI) Class III 506 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5323 E-mail: russell_feingold@feingold.senate.gov Kohl, Herb - (D - WI) Class I 330 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5653 Web Form: kohl.senate.gov/gen_contact.html West Virginia Byrd, Robert - (D - WV) Class I 311 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3954 Web Form: byrd.senate.gov/byrd_email.html Rockefeller, John - (D - WV) Class II 531 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6472 E-mail: senator@rockefeller.senate.gov Wyoming Enzi, Michael - (R - WY) Class II 379A RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3424 Web Form: enzi.senate.gov/email.htm Thomas, Craig - (R - WY) Class I 307 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6441 Web Form: thomas.senate.gov/html/contact.html |
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