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Lawmakers Who Signed RIF's FY08 Dear Colleague Letters

Below is a list of all of the U.S. Senators by state who signed the letter to appropriators on behalf of RIF or read the actual Senate letter with signatures:

  • Murkowski, Lisa - AK
  • Sessions, Jeff - AL
  • Lincoln, Blanche - AR
  • Pryor, Mark - AR
  • Boxer, Barbara - CA
  • Salazar, Ken - CO
  • Dodd, Christopher - CT
  • Lieberman, Joe - CT
  • Martinez, Mel - FL
  • Nelson, Bill - FL
  • Akaka, Daniel - HI
  • Durbin, Richard - IL
  • Bayh, Evan - IN
  • Lugar, Richard - IN
  • Roberts, Pat - KS
  • Bunning, Jim - KY
  • Kennedy, Edward - MA
  • Kerry, John - MA
  • Cardin, Ben - MD
  • Collins, Susan - ME
  • Snowe, Olympia - ME
  • Levin, Carl - MI
  • Stabenow, Debbie - MI
  • Klobuchar, Amy - MN
  • Lott, Trent - MS
  • Baucus, Max - MT
  • Tester, Jon - MT
  • Dole, Elizabeth - NC
  • Conrad, Kent - ND
  • Dorgan, Byron - ND
  • Menendez, Robert - NJ
  • Bingaman, Jeff - NM
  • Ensign, John - NV
  • Clinton, Hillary - NY
  • Schumer, Charles - NY
  • Brown, Sherrod - OH
  • Voinovich, George - OH
  • Smith, Gordon - OR
  • Wyden, Ron - OR
  • Casey, Bob, Jr. - PA
  • Whitehouse, Sheldon - RI
  • Graham, Lindsey - SC
  • Leahy, Patrick - VT
  • Sanders, Bernie - VT
  • Cantwell, Maria - WA
  • Rockefeller, Jay - WV

Below is a list of all of the Representatives by state and district who signed the letter to appropriators on behalf of RIF or read the actual House letter with signatures:

  • Young, Don - AK At larg
  • Rogers, Mike - AL 3
  • Ross, Mike - AR 4
  • Tauscher, Ellen - CA 10
  • Eshoo, Anna - CA 14
  • Costa, Jim - CA 20
  • Waxman, Henry - CA 30
  • Napolitano, Grace - CA 38
  • Bono, Mary - CA 45
  • Courtney, Joe - CT 2
  • Shays, Christopher - CT 4
  • Holmes Norton, Eleanor - DC
  • Hastings, Alcee - FL 23
  • Johnson, Hank - GA 4
  • Abercrombie, Neil - HI 1
  • Hirono, Mazie - HI 2
  • Rush, Bobby - IL 1
  • Gutierrez, Luis - IL 4
  • Hare, Philip - IL 17
  • Donnelly, Joe - IN 2
  • Carson, Julia - IN 7
  • Moran, Jerry - KS 1
  • McGovern, Jim - MA 3
  • Markey, Ed - MA 7
  • Conyers, John - MI 14
  • Dingell, John - MI 15
  • Walz, Tim - MN 1
  • Peterson, Collin - MN 7
  • Oberstar, James - MN 8
  • Carnahan, Russ - MO 3
  • Cleaver, Emanuel - MO 5
  • Butterfield, G.K. - NC 1
  • Price, David - NC 4
  • Shuler, Heath - NC 11
  • Miller, Brad - NC 13
  • Pomeroy, Earl - ND At large
  • Pascrell, Bill Jr. - NJ 8
  • Berkeley, Shelley - NV 1
  • McCarthy, Carolyn - NY 4
  • Ackerman, Gary - NY 5
  • Crowley, Joseph - NY 7
  • Nadler, Jerrold - NY 8
  • Maloney, Carolyn - NY 14
  • Arcuri, Michael - NY 24
  • Kaptur, Marcy - OH 9
  • Sutton, Betty - OH 13
  • Blumenauer, Earl - OR 3
  • Hooley, Darlene - OR 5
  • Gerlach, Jim - PA 6
  • Fortuno, Luis PR RC
  • Langevin, James - RI 2
  • Spratt, John - SC 5
  • Herseth, Stephanie - SD 7
  • Cohen, Steve - TN 9
  • Paul, Ron - TX 14
  • Hinojosa, Ruben - TX 15
  • Reyes, Silvestre - TX 16
  • Doggett, Lloyd - TX 25
  • Bernice Johnson, Eddie - TX 30
  • Matheson, Jim - UT 2
  • Kind, Ron - WI 3
  • Petri, Tom - WI 6
  • Rahall, Nick - WV 3
  • Cubin, Barbara - WY At large
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Don't see your senators’ or representative’s name? Have your RIF children write letters to Congress and drive home the message of the Dear Colleague letter. Members of Congress have heard from the grown-ups, now let them hear from RIF children about the books they received in their states and districts.

Organizing a May children's letter drive to Congress is easy using our templates and instructions.

Please mail all letters to RIF by Friday, June 1.

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