237 CO-SPONSORS AND COUNTING...
From Lynn O'Shea, National Alliance of Families:
That doesnÕt mean we stop efforts to gain co-sponsors. That effort must continue. We need to show overwhelming support for H.Res 111 so no one will doubt that H. Res 111 has a broad base of support.
As always, we canÕt do this without your support and continued efforts.
If your Congressional Representative is not a co-sponsor, please contact their office immediately and request they sign on to H.Res 111. To check the list of co-sponsors visit www.nationalalliance.org/legis/110congress.htm
If you have already called, once, twice or even ten time, please call again. DonÕt stop calling until they sign on. Have family and friends call and ask them to keep calling. The call is free! All it takes is a few minutes of your time.
Call the toll free number 1-866-727-4894. That's the Capitol switchboard. Ask for your congressional representative. Once connected ask for the staff person who handles military matters. If youÕÕve tried speaking with the miliary aide, asking to speak to the Chief of staff or legislative director. Please call or fax, letters mailed require too much screening time.
Request that they sign on by Veterans Day to show their support for the men and women who served and continue to serve this country.
Emphasize that you as their constituent want H.Res 111 calling for a House Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs voted on and passed by the House of Representatives.
Remind them that much new information has surfaced, since the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs concluded in 1993, requiring Congressional attention. There has been no action on the follow-up recommendations made by that committee. Additionally, volumes of information has surfaced on the World War II, and Korean and Cold War aspect of the POW/MIA issue, and new information continues to surface on Vietnam era POW/MIAs. This information was unavailable to previous committees.
Please contact your Congressional Representative this week asking they co-sponsor H. Res 111 and donÕÕt forget to contact Rules Chairperson Louise McIntosh-Slaughter
Remember the following organizations endorse H.Res 111 ŠŠ
POW/MIA Family Groups (4 out of 5 POW/MIA Family Groups Support H.Res 111):
Korea-Cold War Families of the Missing,
World War II Families for Return of the Missing,
Coalition of Families of Korean and Cold War POW/MIAs,
National Alliance of Families
Veterans Groups:
American Legion,
Military Order of the Purple Heart,
National Vietnam and Gulf War Veterans Coalition
Tri_County Council Vietnam Era Vet,
Rolling Thunder National
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Vietnam and All Veterans of Florida, Inc., State Coalition
VietNow National.
POW/MIA Organizations:
Arizona Families & Friends of POW's & MIA's,
Colorado POW/MIA Coalition,
Help Free Our POW/MIA's Now,
POW Network,
Northeast POW/MIA Network,
Lima Area MIA/POW,
Studies Solutions Results, Inc: T/A POW FOIA Litigation Acct's.
Task Force Omega, Inc.