LymeNet Newsletter Volume 1 Issue 16a

Volume: 1
Issue: 16a
Date: 24-Jul-93

Table of Contents:

U.S. Senate subcommittee on Labor and Human Resources Hearing on Lyme Disease

Newsletter:

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SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN

From the Lyme Disease Network of New Jersey:

On Friday July 30, 1993, from 10 AM to 12 noon, a U.S. Senate subcommittee on Labor and Human Resources will be holding a hearing on Lyme Disease. Dr. Allen Steere (Tufts University School of Medicine), Dr. David Dennis (CDC), members of the NIH, as well as other supporters of Dr. Steere will be testifying during this hearing. Dr. Steere maintains that Lyme disease is widely overdiagnosed. After receiving 2000 phone calls, Mr. Ken Nusbaum and Dr. Van Dunn, advisors to Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA), agreed to allow Dr. Joseph Burrascano (Southampton Hospital, NY) 5 minutes to represent the other side of the issue. Sen. Kennedy is the chairman of the Labor and Human Resources committee.

This hardly seems fair or balanced. We need everyone to send a telegram or FAX to Sen. Kennedy ASAP:

FAX: 202-224-2417

We must insist that all sides receive equal representation at this hearing. Urge them to contact Dr. Dorothy Pietrucha, and/or Dr. Kenneth Liegner to testify or offer suggestions on who would be best suited to represent the Lyme community. We also need people to attend the hearing. It will be held in room 430 of the Senate Dirksen Building. Please try to attend.

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FYI: Phone Numbers of the Members of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources:

DEMOCRATS Edward M. Kennedy (MA) chairman...... 202-224-4543 Claiborne Pell (RI) ................. 4642 Howard M. Metzenbaum (OH) ........... 2315 Christopher J. Dodd (CT) ............ 2823 Paul Simon (IL) ..................... 2152 Tom Harkin (Iowa) ................... 3254 Barbara A. Mikulski (MD) ............ 4654 Jeff Bingaman (NM) .................. 5521 Paul David Wellstone (MN) ........... 5541 Harris Wofford (PA) ................. 6324

REPUBLICANS Nancy Landon Kassebaum (KS) ......... 202-224-4774 James M. Jeffords (VT) .............. 5141 Dan Coats (IN) ...................... 5623 Judd Gregg (NH) ..................... 3324 Strom Thurmond (SC) ................. 5972 Orrin G. Hatch (UT) ................. 5251 Dave Durenberger (MN) ............... 3244

Dr. Van Dunn, Senior Health Policy Advisor, Committee on Labor and Health: 202-224-5331