Your
Help Is Needed Immediately on Crucial Federal Veterinary
Medicine Legislation
The KVMA learned
over the weekend that veterinarians have the perfect
opportunity to influence the passage of the Veterinary
Public Health Workforce Expansion Act (VPHWEA)
if they act IMMEDIATELY.
The KVMA has been told that Sen.
Wayne Allard (R-Colo.), a veterinarian, is prepared
to offer the language in the Veterinary Public Health
Workforce Expansion Act today as an amendment to the
Higher Education Reauthorization Act. The veterinary
profession all over the country needs to show strong
grassroots support for Sen. Allard's efforts.
The Veterinary Public Heath Workforce
Expansion Act would establish a competitive grants
program to build a capacity in veterinary medical
education and expand the workforce of veterinarians
engaged in public health practice and biomedical research.
Homeland Security Presidential Directive
9 calls for the establishment of a program nearly
identical to the VPHWEA.
Call Sen. Sam Brownback and Sen.
Pat Roberts IMMEDIATELY and ask them to vote yes
on Sen. Allard's amendment adding the Veterinary Public
Health Workforce Expansion Act to the higher education
bill being debated today. Call between 8:00 am
and 5:00 pm.
Contact Sen. Brownback
at 202-224-6521 and Sen. Roberts at 202-224-4774
and leave a message similar to the one below with
whomever answers the phone:
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Phone
Script
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"Hello, my name is (name)
and I'm calling from (home town), Kansas.
I have a message for Sen. (Brownback)
(Roberts).
Please tell him to vote yes
on the Allard amendment to the higher education
bill being debated today. Thank you very much."
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After you have made your
calls, contact two other acquaintances (co-workers,
family members, friends, neighbors) and ask them
to do the same.
Upon completion of their calls, ask
them to contact two more people and request that they
do the same and so and son on.
Other Senators can be contacted
at the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121
if the people you ask to make additional calls are
from other states. Back
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