From: Heather Valentine
Subject: TRIO ALERT-- 7/20/05
TRIO Community:
We are making great progress in getting Members to sign on the Cole/Payne letter. As you can see below (listed by state with Democrats listed first and Republicans listed second), we have 130 Members who have signed the letter. Today, the House Education & the Workforce began to mark up the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HR 609). Although we considered offering an amendment to strike the Novice set-aside language during Committee markup, we have learned we will have a better chance of defeating this provision under the leadership of Reps. Cole and Payne on the House floor. The House is expected to consider the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act in September, which gives us plenty of time to get additional signatures on the Cole/Payne letter.
If your Member has not given you an answer on supporting this letter or if you have not reached his or her office, please continue to outreach to his or her staff. If your Member has stated that he or she supports the Novice language, please encourage the Member and/or his or her staff to visit your TRIO program in August or September to see what cuts to TRIO funding would mean at the local level. Everyday we are getting additional signatures on this letter so please remember that your hard work is appreciated. Please let me know if you have any questions and keep up the great work!
Heather Valentine
Vice President, Public Policy
Council for Opportunity in Education
| First | Last | State |
District |
Party |
| Artur | Davis | AL |
7 |
D |
| Marion | Berry | AR |
1 |
D |
| Vic | Snyder | AR |
2 |
D |
| Mike | Ross | AR |
4 |
D |
| Lynn | Woolsey | CA |
6 |
D |
| Barbara | Lee | CA |
9 |
D |
| Ellen | Tauscher | CA |
10 |
D |
| Tom | Lantos | CA |
12 |
D |
| Pete | Stark | CA |
13 |
D |
| Mike | Honda | CA |
15 |
D |
| Lois | Capps | CA |
23 |
D |
| Adam | Schiff | CA |
29 |
D |
| Hilda | Solis | CA |
32 |
D |
| Grace | Napolitano | CA |
38 |
D |
| Bob | Filner | CA |
51 |
D |
| Susan | Davis | CA |
53 |
D |
| Diana | DeGette | CO |
1 |
D |
| Mark | Udall | CO |
2 |
D |
| John | Larson | CT |
1 |
D |
| Corrine | Brown | FL |
3 |
D |
| Jim | Davis | FL |
11 |
D |
| Kendrick | Meek | FL |
17 |
D |
| Debbie | Wasserman-Shultz | FL |
20 |
D |
| Jim | Marshall | GA |
3 |
D |
| John | Lewis | GA |
5 |
D |
| John | Barrow | GA |
12 |
D |
| David | Scott | GA |
13 |
D |
| Neil | Abercrombie | HI |
1 |
D |
| Ed | Case | HI |
2 |
D |
| Bobby | Rush | IL |
1 |
D |
| Dennis | Moore | KS |
3 |
D |
| Ben | Chandler | KY |
6 |
D |
| William | Jefferson | LA |
2 |
D |
| John | Oliver | MA |
1 |
D |
| James | McGovern | MA |
3 |
D |
| Barney | Frank | MA |
4 |
D |
| John | Tierney | MA |
6 |
D |
| Stephen | Lynch | MA |
9 |
D |
| Chris | Van Hollen | MD |
8 |
D |
| Tom | Allen | ME |
1 |
D |
| Mike | Michaud | ME |
2 |
D |
| Bart | Stupak | MI |
1 |
D |
| Dale | Kildee | MI |
5 |
D |
| John | Conyers | MI |
14 |
D |
| Betty | McCollum | MN |
4 |
D |
| Collin | Peterson | MN |
7 |
D |
| James | Oberstar | MN |
8 |
D |
| Russ | Carnahan | MO |
3 |
D |
| Ike | Skelton | MO |
4 |
D |
| Bennie | Thompson | MS |
2 |
D |
| G.K. | Butterfield | NC |
1 |
D |
| Bob | Etheridge | NC |
2 |
D |
| David | Price | NC |
4 |
D |
| Mike | McIntyre | NC |
7 |
D |
| Earl | Pomeroy | ND |
a.l. |
D |
| Robert | Andrews | NJ |
1 |
D |
| Donald | Payne | NJ |
10 |
D |
| Rush | Holt | NJ |
12 |
D |
| Carolyn | McCarthy | NY |
4 |
D |
| Ed | Towns | NY |
10 |
D |
| Major | Owens | NY |
11 |
D |
| Nydia | Velazquez | NY |
12 |
D |
| Charles | Rangel | NY |
15 |
D |
| Eliot | Engel | NY |
17 |
D |
| Maurice | Hinchey | NY |
22 |
D |
| Marcy | Kaptur | OH |
9 |
D |
| Dennis | Kucinich | OH |
10 |
D |
| Stephanie | Tubbs Jones | OH |
11 |
D |
| Tim | Ryan | OH |
17 |
D |
| Dan | Boren | OK |
2 |
D |
| David | Wu | OR |
1 |
D |
| Peter | DeFazio | OR |
4 |
D |
| Chaka | Fattah | PA |
2 |
D |
| Patrick | Kennedy | RI |
1 |
D |
| James | Clyburn | SC |
6 |
D |
| Stephanie | Herseth | SD |
a.l. |
D |
| Jim | Cooper | TN |
5 |
D |
| John | Tanner | TN |
8 |
D |
| Harold | Ford, Jr. | TN |
9 |
D |
| Silvestre | Reyes | TX |
16 |
D |
| Sheila | Jackson-Lee | TX |
18 |
D |
| Solomon | Ortiz | TX |
27 |
D |
| Jim | Matheson | UT |
2 |
D |
| Bobby | Scott | VA |
3 |
D |
| Jay | Inslee | WA |
1 |
D |
| Rick | Larsen | WA |
2 |
D |
| Jim | McDermott | WA |
7 |
D |
| Tammy | Baldwin | WI |
2 |
D |
| Ron | Kind | WI |
3 |
D |
| Gwen | Moore | WI |
4 |
D |
| Bernie | Sanders | VT |
a.l. |
I |
| Jo | Bonner | AL |
1 |
R |
| Bob | Aderholt | AL |
4 |
R |
| John | Boozman | AR |
3 |
R |
| J.D. | Hayworth | AZ |
5 |
R |
| Rob | Simmons | CT |
2 |
R |
| Chris | Shays | CT |
4 |
R |
| Nancy | Johnson | CT |
5 |
R |
| John | Mica | FL |
7 |
R |
| Adam | Putnam | FL |
12 |
R |
| Lincoln | Diaz-Balart | FL |
21 |
R |
| Phil | Gingrey | GA |
11 |
R |
| Mike | Simpson | ID |
2 |
R |
| Tim | Johnson | IL |
15 |
R |
| John | Shimkus | IL |
19 |
R |
| Chris | Chocola | IN |
2 |
R |
| Jerry | Moran | KS |
1 |
R |
| Todd | Tiahrt | KS |
4 |
R |
| Ed | Whitfield | KY |
1 |
R |
| Rodney | Alexander | LA |
5 |
R |
| Joe | Schwarz | MI |
7 |
R |
| Jim | Ramstad | MN |
3 |
R |
| Walter | Jones | NC |
3 |
R |
| Jeb | Bradley | NH |
1 |
R |
| Sue | Kelly | NY |
19 |
R |
| John | McHugh | NY |
23 |
R |
| Sherwood | Boehlert | NY |
24 |
R |
| John | Sullivan | OK |
1 |
R |
| Frank | Lucas | OK |
3 |
R |
| Tom | Cole | OK |
4 |
R |
| Ernest | Istook | OK |
5 |
R |
| Phil | English | PA |
3 |
R |
| Charlie | Dent | PA |
15 |
R |
| Bill | Jenkins | TN |
1 |
R |
| Ron | Paul | TX |
14 |
R |
| Michael | Burgess | TX |
26 |
R |
| Pete | Sessions | TX |
32 |
R |
| Doc | Hastings | WA |
4 |
R |
| Mark | Green | WI |
8 |
R |
| Shelley | Moore Capito | WV |
2 |
R |