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Please write to your Senators and Representative and ask them for their support for
a five percent (5%) increase in funding for ADA enforcement.

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                       ADA ACTION ALERT!

Your voices must be heard to continue the strong enforcement of ADA.
Grassroots voices of our community in every congressional district are
needed to assure adequate resources for ADA investigations and mediation.
Let Congress know that the increase for the ADA -- our civil rights -- is a
right step in the right direction. Without our voices of support on this
increase, it  could be dead on arrival.

Attorney General Janet Reno has asked Congress for an increase in funding
for Fiscal Year 1998 to continue the Department of Justice's vigorous enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

As part of its overall budget request, the Justice Department is seeking an
increase of more than 5 percent over the current FY 97 budget for ADA enforcement.  The $477,000 increase will enable the Disability Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division to hire additional investigators, mediators, and an architect.

In celebrating the 6th Anniversary of the ADA, President Clinton called
enforcement of the ADA a national priority. This is the third year that the
Administration has sought an increase in ADA enforcement funding.

This increase could make the difference between a case in your local
community being investigated and enforced or falling through the cracks due
to lack of funds. Please call your Representatives and Senators and remind
them without adequate and appropriate funding for the ADA our rights are
useless.

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Below is the list of Senators & Representatives in CA with e-mail addresses.

senator@boxer.senate.gov
senator@feinstein.senate.gov
ANNAGRAM@HR.HOUSE.GOV
SAMFARR@HR.HOUSE.GOV
JHARMAN@HR.HOUSE.GOV
TALK2TOM@HR.HOUSE.GOV
ZOEGRAM@HR.HOUSE.GOV
TELLBUCK@HR.HOUSE.GOV
GMILLER@HR.HOUSE.GOV
SFNANCY@HR.HOUSE.GOV
GEORGE@HR.HOUSE.GOV
PETEMAIL@HR.HOUSE.GOV
WOOLSEY@HR.HOUSE.GOV

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