Congress Member Contacts

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The Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 moved through and was passed by the 107th Congress. Cosponsors of the House Bill were:

SPONSOR:
Rep Michael N. Castle [DE] (introduced 2/27/2002) 		COSPONSORS:
Rep Judy Biggert [IL-13]
Rep John A. Boehner [OH-8]
Rep Ernie Fletcher [KY-6]
Rep Ric Keller [FL-8]
Rep Thomas G. Tancredo [CO-6]
Rep Fred Upton [MI-6]
According to a news release from Cindy Haan, Co-founder and Chairman of the Haan Foundation for Children, Representatives Boehner and Miller, and Senators Kennedy and Gregg, together with Representative Castle, are the leaders who moved this legislation forward. (The news release dated 10/28/02 is apparently not on the Web. I retrieved it from Lexis Nexis.)

Any amendments or changes would have to be handled by the current Congress.

Here are the current members of the House and Senate committees who considered the bill:

Current members of the House Subcommittee on Education Reform for the 108th Congress: (http://edworkforce.house.gov/members/108th/mem-edr.htm)

Mike Castle, Chairman
Republicans
Democrats
Tom Osborne, Vice Chairman (Nebraska) Lynn Woolsey, Ranking Minority Member
Jim Greenwood (Pennsylvania) Susan Davis (California)
Fred Upton (Michigan) Danny Davis (Illinois)
Vern Ehlers (Michigan) Ed Case (Hawaii)
Jim DeMint (South Carolina) Raúl Grijalva (Arizona)
Judy Biggert (Illinois) Ron Kind (Kind)
Todd Platts (Pennsylvania) Dennis Kucinich (Ohio)
Ric Keller (Florida) Chris Van Hollen (Maryland)
Joe Wilson (South Carolina) Denise Majette (Georgia)
Marilyn Musgrave (Colorado)  

This was a subcommittee of the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Members of the House Education and Workforce Committee for the 108th Congress. (http://edworkforce.house.gov/members/108th/mem-fc.htm)

John A. Boehner, Ohio, Chairman
Republicans
Democrats
Thomas E. Petri, Wisconsin
(Vice Chairman)		 George Miller, California
(Ranking Minority Member)
Cass Ballenger, North Carolina Dale E. Kildee, Michigan
Peter Hoekstra, Michigan Major R. Owens, New York
Howard "Buck" McKeon, California Donald M. Payne, New Jersey
Michael N. Castle, Delaware Robert E. Andrews, New Jersey
Sam Johnson, Texas Lynn C. Woolsey, California
James C. Greenwood, Pennsylvania Rubén Hinojosa, Texas
Charlie Norwood, Georgia Carolyn McCarthy, New York
Fred Upton, Michigan John F. Tierney, Massachusetts
Vernon J. Ehlers, Michigan Ron Kind, Wisconsin
Jim DeMint, South Carolina Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio
Johnny Isakson, Georgia David Wu, Oregon
Judy Biggert, Illinois Rush D. Holt, New Jersey
Todd Russell Platts, Pennsylvania Susan Davis, California
Patrick J. Tiberi, Ohio Betty McCollum, Minnesota
Ric Keller, Florida Danny Davis, Illinois
Tom Osborne, Nebraska Ed Case, Hawaii
Joe Wilson, South Carolina Raúl M. Grijalva, Arizona
Thomas Cole, Oklahoma Denise L. Majette, Georgia
Jon C. Porter, Nevada Chris Van Hollen, Maryland
John Kline, Minnesota Timothy J. Ryan, Ohio
John R.Carter, Texas  
Marilyn N. Musgrave, Colorado
 
Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee
Or you can contact your representative
Phil Gingrey, Georgia  
Max Burns, Georgia  

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (http://health.senate.gov/committee_members.html)

Republicans
Democrats
Judd Gregg (NH), Committee Chairman Edward Kennedy (MA), Ranking Member
Bill Frist (TN)
 Christopher Dodd (CT)
Mike Enzi (WY) Tom Harkin (IA)
Lamar Alexander (TN) Barbara Mikulski (MD)
Christopher Bond (MO) James Jeffords (VT)
Mike DeWine (OH) Jeff Bingaman (NM)
Pat Roberts (KS) Patty Murray (WA)
Jeff Sessions (AL) Jack Reed (RI)
John Ensign (NV) John Edwards (NC)
Lindsey Graham (SC) Hillary Clinton (NY)
John Warner (VA)
Or you can contact your senator

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