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Correspondence with Congressional Offices and Federal Agencies

March 10, 2006 – letter to Senators urging them to join the Senate Anti-Methamphetamine Caucus
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October 27, 2005 – letter to Chairman Ralph Regula and Ranking Member Dave Obey of the House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee requesting support for the Senate’s number for NIH and for NIDA in conference on the LHHS appropriations bill
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October 27, 2005 – letter to Chairman Arlen Specter and Ranking Member Tom Harkin of the Senate Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee requesting support for the Senate’s number for NIH and for NIDA in conference on the LHHS appropriations bill
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October 19, 2005 – letter to Chairman Nathan Deal of the Subcommittee on Health and Chairman Paul Gillmor of the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, thanking them for convening a joint hearing on methamphetamine abuse and requesting that official hearing record include a copy of the Final Report of the Methamphetamine Interagency Task Force

August 30, 2005 – letter to Mark McClellan, Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), requesting that CMS issue guidance affirming the need for Prescription Drug Plans to cover products recently approved for the treatment of opioid dependence

July 25, 2005 – letter to all offices requesting support for H.R. 869/S. 45, the Drug Addiction Treatment Expansion Act, amending the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient number limitation on physicians in group practice

April 12, 2005 - letter to all House members urging them to join the Congressional Task Force on Tobacco and Health
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March 16, 2005 – letter to all offices reviewing NIDA’s mission, portfolio and research priorities and requesting support for a 6% increase in NIDA's appropriation for FY06
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February 18, 2005 – letter to all House members urging them to join the Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine
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January 14, 2005 - letter to all House members urging them to join the Congressional Caucus on Addiction, Treatment and Recovery
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Congressional Testimony and Report Language

March 30, 2006 – written testimony submitted to the House and Senate Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittees on NIDA’s Fiscal Year 2007 appropriation
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April 26, 2005 - suggested report language for FY 2006 submitted to House and Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee
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April 15, 2005 – written testimony submitted to the House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee on NIDA’s Fiscal Year 2006 appropriation  

April 1, 2005 – written testimony submitted to the Senate Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee on NIDA’s Fiscal Year 2006 appropriation
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