Call For Autism Hearings – Facebook Campaign
Autism is a National Emergency!
We have a unique opportunity to get Congressional hearings regarding autism.
Congressman Dan Burton has committed to working with our community. On April 24th, he posted a letter to The Hill’s Congress Blog titled; It is time to re-engage on the autism epidemic. In it, he outlines the history of his hearings on vaccines and autism and his intention to seek new hearings on the complete failure of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. He also wants to pass legislation to force the President to address the autism epidemic and its impact on Americans. Congressman Burton ends with the following, “Although I am retiring from Congress, I am not retiring from the fight against autism, because I firmly believe as a nation we have a collective responsibility to do everything we can to not only stop the further spread of this disease but to help the millions of children, adults and families afflicted by it.”
Congressman Burton will need all of our help to accomplish these goals.
Congressman Burton is no longer the chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, though he remains an active member. He is requesting that Chairman Darrell Issa hold hearings on the VICP. However, given all the competing interests in Washington, we need to support Congressman Burton’s leadership by showing broad community support for these hearings. We need every single one of you to go to both Facebook pages below and express your support for hearings and a White House Conference on Autism.
http://www.facebook.com/Oversight
http://www.facebook.com/oversightdems
We specifically want the following:
The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee should initiate promised hearings as soon as possible on the failure of federal health agencies to appropriately respond to the autism epidemic. It has been ten years since this Committee examined the role of the federal authorities in the autism epidemic. We can think of no other instance where any comparable epidemic has gone on for so long without Congressional oversight.
You can cut and paste, you can write about your personal concerns, or you can vent (politely, please), but be sure to post!
This is step one of a month-long campaign to bring Congressional attention to these issues. Feel free to help daily if you can. And please spread the word to anyone else who can help.
