The 2009 Advocacy Day & National Call-In Events
were tremendously successful!

On March 31, 2009, nearly 500 advocates participated in the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s 3rd Annual Advocacy Day in Washington, DC and over 1,000 individuals also participated in the National Call-In event.

Many thanks are due to all of you who joined us for this historic event. Through your meetings and calls, our message to make pancreatic cancer research a higher national priority reached 99% of all U.S. Senators and 84% of all U.S. Representatives!  Further, by acting together with one voice, we were able to dramatically increase co-sponsorship of the Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education Act, HR 745, introduced by Representatives Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), and secure a significant number of House co-signers for the Cummings-Platts letter supporting doubling NCI’s funding.  See below for more information about these important victories. 

Although we can all take great pride in the advances made through Advocacy Day and the National Call-In, we still have additional work to do to reach our goal of 218 House co-sponsors of H.R. 745.  (The bill has not yet been introduced to the Senate). Please see below under “Next Steps” on how you can help. By continuing to work together, we will ensure progress continues in the fight against this devastating disease, America’s fourth leading cause of cancer death.


Pancreatic Cancer Research & Education Act (HR745)

RESULTS: As of September 16, 2009, 161 Co-sponsors have now signed on to the Pancreatic Cancer Research & Education Act (HR745).

URGENT NEXT STEPS: We encourage you to check below to see if your Representative has already co-sponsored the bill, and then, to help us continue to build support and momentum for our groundbreaking legislation, click the button to send an email to your Representative either thanking them for already co-sponsoring or asking them to do so.  Once you click the button, you will be asked to enter your zip code.  The system will automatically generate the correct letter for you based on your zip code. 


request your representative co-sponsor HR745


As of September 16, 2009, 161 Co-sponsors have now signed on to the
Pancreatic Cancer Research & Education Act (HR745)

To get real-time updates, please click here

1. Rep Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
2. Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
3. Rep Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
4. Rep McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
5. Rep Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13]
6. Rep Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
7. Rep Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
8. Rep McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
9. Rep Schmidt, Jean [R-OH-2]
10. Rep Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
11. Rep McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
12. Rep Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
13. Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC]
14. Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
15. Rep Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
16. Rep Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
17. Rep Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
18. Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
19. Rep Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
20. Rep Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]
21. Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
22. Rep Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2]
23. Rep Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
24. Rep Crenshaw, Ander [R-FL-4]
25. Rep King, Steve [R-IA-5]
26. Rep Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
27. Rep Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
28. Rep Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
29. Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
30. Rep Young, C.W. Bill [R-FL-10]
31. Rep Boozman, John [R-AR-3]
32. Rep Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
33. Rep Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
34. Rep Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]
35. Rep Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
36. Rep Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]
37. Rep Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-3]
38. Rep Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
39. Rep Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
40. Rep Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
41. Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34]
42. Rep Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
43. Rep Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8]
44. Rep Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10]
45. Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-20]
46. Rep Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
47. Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-38]
48. Rep Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
49. Rep Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2]
50. Rep Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
51. Rep Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6]
52. Rep Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
53. Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5]
54. Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2]
55. Rep Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3]
56. Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
57. Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
58. Rep Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28]
59. Rep Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14]
60. Rep Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
61. Rep Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
62. Rep Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
63. Rep Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10]
64. Rep Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
65. Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
66. Rep Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
67. Rep Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
68. Rep Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
69. Rep Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]
70. Rep Grayson, Alan [D-FL-8]
71. Rep Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
72. Rep Holden, Tim [D-PA-17]
73. Rep Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12]
74. Rep Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
75. Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
76. Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
77. Rep Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6]
78. Rep Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
79. Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2]
80. Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
81. Rep Latham, Tom [R-IA-4]
82. Rep Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR]
83. Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
84. Rep Murphy, Patrick J. [D-PA-8]
85. Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
86. Rep Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3]
87. Rep Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
88. Rep Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
89. Rep Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
90. Rep Nye, Glenn C., III [D-VA-2]
91. Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
92. Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]
93. Rep Putnam, Adam H. [R-FL-12]
94. Rep Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
95. Rep Mica, John L. [R-FL-7]
96. Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
97. Rep Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
98. Rep Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19]
99. Rep McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
100. Rep Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18]
101. Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
102. Rep Harman, Jane [D-CA-36]
103. Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
104. Rep Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
105. Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11]
106. Rep Cao, Anh "Joseph" [R-LA-2]
107. Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU]
108. Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry" [D-VA-11]
109. Rep Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
110. Rep Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
111. Rep Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10]
112. Rep Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3]
113. Rep Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]
114. Rep Klein, Ron [D-FL-22]
115. Rep Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
116. Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
117. Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
118. Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
119. Rep Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
120. Rep Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
121. Rep Foster, Bill [D-IL-14]
122. Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21]
123. Rep Olver, John W. [D-MA-1]
124. Rep Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
125. Rep Mitchell, Harry E. [D-AZ-5]
126. Rep Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]
127. Rep Boccieri, John A. [D-OH-16]
128. Rep Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
129. Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
130. Rep Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-9]
131. Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
132. Rep Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2]
133. Rep Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
134. Rep Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6]
135. Rep Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
136. Rep Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6]
137. Rep Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
138. Rep Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
139. Rep Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3]
140. Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
141. Rep Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6]
142. Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20]
143. Rep Adler, John H. [D-NJ-3]
144. Rep Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
145. Rep Halvorson, Deborah L. [D-IL-11]
146. Rep Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17]
147. Rep Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4]
148. Rep Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5]
149. Rep Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9]
150. Rep Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
151. Rep Kosmas, Suzanne M. [D-FL-24]
152. Rep Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
153. Rep Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
154. Rep Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
155. Rep Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1]
156. Rep Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2]
157. Rep. Massa, Eric J. J. [D-NY-29]
158. Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
159. Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1]
160. Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13]
161. Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]


The Cummings-Platts Letter to Double the Budget of the NCI

In addition to our request to Members of Congress to co-sponsor the Cancer Research & Education Act (HR745), a letter from supportive Representatives to the House Appropriations Committee, urging Congress to double the budget of the National Cancer Institute over the next five years by increasing the funding to $6 billion in FY 2010, an increase of 20% over FY 2009, was also on our agenda.

RESULTS: 60 Members of Congress signed on to the Cummings-Platt letter. Please see list below.

Signatories of the Cummings-Platts letter to the House Appropriations Committee

 
    1. Rep Tammy Baldwin (WI-2)
    2. Rep Shelley Berkley (NV-1)
    3. Rep Howard L. Berman (CA-28)
    4. Rep Judy Biggert (IL-13)
    5. Rep Tim Bishop (NY-1)
    6. Rep Madeleine Bordallo (Guam)
    7. Rep Bruce Braley (IA-1)
    8. Rep Rick Boucher (VA-9)
    9. Rep Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-5)
    10. Rep Michael Capuano (MA-8)
    11. Rep Russ Carnahan (MO-3)
    12. Rep Christopher Carney (PA-10)
    13. Rep Kathy Castor (FL-11)
    14. Rep Donna Christensen (U.S. Virgin Islands)
    15. Rep Yvette Clarke (NY-11)
    16. Rep Howard Coble (NC-6)
    17. Rep Jim Costa (CA-20)
    18. Rep Danny K. Davis (IL-7)
    19. Rep Diana DeGette (CO-1)
    20. Rep Bob Etheridge (NC-2)
    21. Rep Elton Gallegly (CA-24)
    22. Rep Maurice Hinchey (NY-22)
    23. Rep Mazie K. Hirono (HI-2)
    24. Rep Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18)
    25. Rep Dale Kildee (MI-5)
    26. Rep Dennis J. Kucinich (OH-10)
    27. Rep John Lewis (GA-5)
    28. Rep Zoe Lofgren (CA-16)
    29. Rep Stephen Lynch (MA-9)
    30. Rep Carolyn Maloney (NY-14)
    31. Rep Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4)
    32. Rep Jim McGovern (MA-3)
    33. Rep Ed Markey (MA-7)
    34. Rep Alan Grayson (FL-8)
    35. Rep Eric Massa (NY-29)
    36. Rep Michael Michaud (ME-2)
    37. Rep Dennis Moore (KS-3)
    38. Rep Jim Moran (VA-8)
    39. Rep Jerrold Nadler (NY-8)
    40. Del Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC)
    41. Rep Jim Oberstar (MN-8)
    42. Rep Frank Pallone (NJ-6)
    43. Rep Bill Pascrell (NJ-8)
    44. Rep Donald Payne (NJ-10)
    45. Rep Chellie Pingree (ME-1)
    46. Rep Adam Putnam (FL-12)
    47. Rep Nick Rahall (WV-3)
    48. Rep Charlie Rangel (NY-15)
    49. Rep Bobby Rush (IL-1)
    50. Rep Linda Sanchez (CA-39)
    51. Rep John Sarbanes (MD-3)
    52. Rep Joe Sestak (PA-7)
    53. Rep Adam Smith (WA-9)
    54. Rep Pete Stark (CA-13)
    55. Rep Ellen Tauscher (CA-10)
    56. Rep Edolphus Towns (NY-10)
    57. Rep Fred Upton (MI-6)
    58. Rep Tim Walz (MN-1)
    59. Rep Lynn Woolsley (CA-6)
    60. Rep John Yarmuth (KY-3)