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Government Financing of Abstinence-Only Education
Recently, the Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4122. If passed into law, H.R. 4122 would extend federal and matching state financing for abstinence-only education for another five years. The measure restricts the information that students may be provided to be consistent with the "abstinence-until marriage" message. H.R. 4122 will soon be considered by the full House and is expected to pass there. The issue will also be considered by the Senate Finance Committee.
The NCAC takes the position that abstinence-only education
is government censorship. If you wish to make your voice heard
on the issue, below is contact information for individual
members of the Senate Finance Committee:
| Max Baucus, Chairman (D-MT) 511 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-2651 - ph (202) 228-3687 - Fax |
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) 703 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-3102 (202) 224-5521 - ph senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov |
| John
Breaux (D-LA) 503 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-4623 - ph senator@breaux.senate.gov |
Kent Conrad (D-ND) 530 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-2043 senator@conrad.senate.gov |
| Tom Daschle (D-SD) 509 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202)224-2321 - ph |
Bob Graham (D-FL) 524 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-3041 - ph (202) 224-2237 - fax bob_graham@graham.senate.gov |
| Phil Gramm (R-TX) 370 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-2934 phil_gramm@gramm.senate.gov |
Charles Grassley (R-IA) 135 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-3744 - ph |
| Orrin Hatch (R-UT) 104 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-5251 - ph (202) 224-6331 - fax |
James Jeffords (I-VT) 728 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-5141 - ph vermont@jeffords.senate.gov |
| John Kerry (D-MA) 304 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-2742 - ph (202) 224-8525 - fax john_kerry@kerry.senate.gov |
Jon Kyl (R-AZ) 730 Hart Senate OfficeBuilding Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-4521 - ph (202) 224-2207 - fax info@kyl.senate.gov |
| Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) 355 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-4843 - ph (202) 228-1371 - fax |
Trent Lott (R-MS) 487 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-6253 - ph senatorlott@lott.senate.gov |
| Frank Murkowski (R-AK) 322 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-6665 - ph (202) 224-5301 - fax |
Don Nickles (R-OK) 133 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-5754 - ph (202) 224-6008 - fax senator@nickles.senate.gov |
| John Rockefeller IV (D-WV) 531 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-6472 - ph (202) 224-7665 - fax senator@rockefeller.senate.gov |
Olympia Snowe (R-ME) 154 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-5344 - ph (202) 224-1946 - fax olympia@snowe.senate.gov |
| Craig Thomas (R-WY) 109 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-6441 - ph (202) 202-224-1724 - fax |
Fred Thompson (R-TN) 511 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-4944 - ph (202) 228-3679 - fax senator_thompson@thompson.senate.gov |
| Robert Toricelli (R-NJ) 113 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-3224 - ph (202) 224-8567 - fax |
Other methods to make your voice heard on this issue are available
through the websites of the American Civil Liberties
Union and Planned
Parenthood of New York City
For more information about the campaign against abstinence-only education by the National Coalition Against Censorship and 44 other organizations, please visit the NCAC website here
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