Eighty-eigth Representatives Sign Ehlers Letter on NSF Funding
A total of eighty-eight members of the House of Representatives co-signed a letter recommending fully funding the National Science Foundation for the rest of fiscal year 1996 (see FYI #18.) The letter was written by Rep. Vern Ehlers (R-MI) to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Bob Livingston (R-LA) and House VA/HUD Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Jerry Lewis (R-CA). Sixty-one Republicans and 27 Democrats signed Ehlers’ letter. The signatories are listed below. Sixteen are members of the House Science Committee, the authorizing committee with jurisdiction over NSF. (That is 32 percent of the committee’s 50 members.)
Co-signers of February 2 1996 letter urging full-year NSF funding: |
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Bartlett, R (R-MD)* |
Hoyer, S (D-MD) |
Shays, C (R-CT) |
Beilenson, A (D-CA) |
Johnson, N(R-CT) |
Smith, L (R-TX) |
Bentsen, K (D-TX) |
Kelly, S (R-NY) |
Taylor, C (R-NC) |
Bereuter, D (R-NE) |
Kennedy, J (D-MA) |
Thornton, R (D-AR) |
Bilbray, B (R-CA) |
Klink, R (D-PA) |
Torkildsen, P (R-MA) |
Blute, P (R-MA) |
Klug, S (R-WI) |
Upton, F (R-MI) |
Boehlert, S (R-NY)* |
Kolbe, J (R-AZ) |
Vento, B (D-MN) |
Brewster, B (D-OK) |
Lazio, R (R-NY) |
Walsh, J (R-NY) |
Brown, G (D-CA)* |
Leach, J (R-IA) |
Wamp, Z (R-TN) |
Camp, D (R-MI) |
Lewis, R (R-KY) |
Watts, J (R-OK) |
Campbell, T (R-CA) |
Lucas, F (R-OK) |
Weldon, C (R-PA) |
Castle, M (R-DE) |
Markey, E (D-MA) |
Zimmer, D (R-NJ) |
Chrysler, D (R-MI) |
Martinez, M (D-CA) |
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Coburn, T (R-OK) |
Mascara, F (D-PA) |
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Coyne, W (D-PA) |
Matsui, R (D-CA) |
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Cunningham, R (R-CA) |
McCrery, J (R-LA) |
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Davis, T (R-VA)* |
McDermott, J (D-WA) |
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Dingell, J (D-MI) |
McKeon, H (R-CA) |
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Dooley, C (D-CA) |
Meyers, J (R-KS) |
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Doyle, M (D-PA)* |
Miller, G (D-CA) |
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Dunn, J (R-WA) |
Moakley, J (D-MA) |
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Ehlers, V (R-MI)* |
Moorhead, C (R-CA) |
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English, P (R-PA) |
Moran, J (D-VA) |
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Ewing,T (R-IL) |
Morella, C (R-MD)* |
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Fawell, H (R-IL)* |
Neal, R (D-MA) |
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Foley, M (R-FL)* |
Nethercutt, G (R-WA) |
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Frank, B (D-MA) |
Olver, J (D-MA)* |
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Ganske, G (R-IA) |
Pallone, F (D-NJ) |
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Gilchrest, W (R-MD) |
Petri, T (R-WI) |
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Gillmor, P (R-OH) |
Porter, J (R-IL) |
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Greenwood, J (R-PA) |
Quinn, J (R-NY) |
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Gunderson, S (R-WI) |
Regula, R (R-OH) |
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Hastert, J (R-IL) |
Rivers, L (D-MI)* |
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Heineman, F (R-NC) |
Roberts, P (R-KS) |
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Hobson, D (R-OH) |
Rush, B (D-IL) |
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Hoekstra, P (R-MI) |
Salmon, M (R-AZ)* |
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Horn, S (R-CA) |
Schiff, S (R-NM)* |
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Houghton, A (R-NY) |
Seastrand, A (R-CA) |
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* Member of House Science Committee |
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