Next Monday, a key Congressional subcommittee will decide whether to sustain funding for the National Limb Loss Resource Center. Since its creation in 1997, the NLLRC has connected hundreds of thousands of amputees with information, peer visitation, support groups, family networking, and many other forms of support.
But as we described last month, the White House wants to eliminate the NLLRC. The administration’s proposed budget completely defunds the program. Congress doesn’t have to grant that request. It already has rejected the same request once, back in 2017, sustaining the NLRCC with strong bipartisan support over the administration’s objections. Members of the current Congress also want to sustain the NLLRC, because they know it meets a critical need for their constituents. But they’re under intense political pressure to fulfill the administration’s demands. Voters need to apply some political pressure in the opposite direction, and encourage the committee members to vote their consciences and protect the public interest.
The 17 members of the House Appropriations Committee’s subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services are listed below, along with their office phone numbers and email contact info. This is public information; we’re not doxxing anybody. These elected officials need to hear from the community they serve. Let them know why it’s essential to protect the National Limb Loss Resource Center.
ROBERT ADERHOLT (Alabama 4th)
PHONE: (256) 734-6043
WEB: aderholt.house.gov/contact-robert
STEPHANIE BICE (Oklahoma 5th)
PHONE: (202) 225-2132
WEB: biceforms.house.gov/contact
ANDREW CLYDE (Georgia 9th)
PHONE: (202) 225-9893
WEB: clyde.house.gov/contact/
MADELEINE DEAN (Pennsylvania 4th)
PHONE: (202) 225-4731
WEB: dean.house.gov/email-me
ROSE DELAURO (Connecticut 3rd)
PHONE: (202) 225-3661
WEB: delauro.house.gov/contact
JAKE ELLZEY (Texas 6th)
PHONE: (202) 225-2002
WEB: ellzey.house.gov/contact
CHUCK FLEISCHMANN (Tennessee 3rd)
PHONE: (202) 225-3271
WEB: fleischmann.house.gov/contact
LOIS FRANKEL (Florida 22nd)
PHONE: (202) 225-9890
WEB: frankel.house.gov/forms/form/?ID=1
JOSH HARDER (California 9th)
PHONE: (202) 225-4540
WEB: harder.house.gov
ANDY HARRIS (Maryland 1st)
PHONE: (202) 225-5311
WEB: harris.house.gov/
STENY HOYER (Maryland 5th)
PHONE: (202) 225-4131
WEB: hoyer.house.gov/help/contact-stenys-office
JULIA LETLOW (Louisiana 5th)
PHONE: (202) 225-8490
WEB: letlow.house.gov/contact
JOHN MOOLENAAR (Michigan 2nd)
PHONE: (202) 225-3561
WEB: moolenaar.house.gov/contact
RILEY MOORE (West Virginia 2nd)
PHONE: 202-225-2711
WEB: rileymoore.house.gov/contact/email-me
MARK POCAN (Wisconsin 2nd)
PHONE: (202) 225-2906
WEB: pocan.house.gov/contact
MIKE SIMPSON (Idaho 2nd)
PHONE: 202-225-5531
WEB: simpson.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep/
BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN (New Jersey 12th)
PHONE: (202) 225-5801
WEB: watsoncoleman.house.gov/contact
