On Friday, the House is scheduled to take up H.R. 2771 the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill. As you know this legislation currently only includes twelve and a half million of the originally requested nineteen million dollar appropriation for the National Library Service's digital talking book program. Please call your member to let them know how important it is to fully fund this program as it marks the beginning of a new era in accessible talking book technology for people who are blind.
Further more, Thursday afternoon in full committee, Senate Appropriations will mark up the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill . There has been no subcommittee action taken on this legislation and thus there hasn't been a bill introduced.
Below is the roster of the Appropriations Committee along with their contact information. Please give the offices a call over the next two days to inform staff about funding levels for the digital talking book program in the House bill and our hopes that the Senate will include the requested funding in its version.
Committee Members
Robert C.Byrd, Chairman (D - WV)
311 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3954
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
722 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3934
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
433 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4242
Tom Harkin (D-IA)
731 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3254
Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD)
503 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4654
Herb Kohl (D-WI)
330 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5653
Patty Murray (D-WA)
173 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2621
Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
322 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2551
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
331 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3841
Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
309 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2152
Tim Johnson (D-SD)
136 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5842
Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA)
724 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5824
Jack Reed (D-RI)
728 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4642
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
324 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3224
Ben Nelson (D-NE)
720 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6551
Thad Cochran, Ranking Member (R-MS)
113 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5054
Ted Stevens (R-AK)
522 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3004
Arlen Specter (R-PA)
711 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4254
Pete Domenici (R-NM)
328 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6621
Christopher S. Bond (R-mo)
274 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5721
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
361-A RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2541
Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)
110 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5744
Judd Gregg (R-NH)
393 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3324
Robert F. Bennett (R-UT)
431 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5444
Larry Craig (R-ID)
520 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2752
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
284 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5922
Sam Brownback (R-KS)
303 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6521
Wayne Allard (R-CO)
521 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5941
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
455 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4944
If you have any further question please feel free to give me a call or send me a note. I look forward to working with all of you.
Eric Bridges