From: Emil Gilliam (emil@emilgilliam.com)
Date: Wed Jun 18 2003 - 11:04:07 MDT
Forwarded from the Foresight Institute ...
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 15:07:14 UT
Subject: Nanotech: Call/Fax Your Senator -- Deadline Today
From: "Foresight Institute" <foresight@foresight.org>
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Tomorrow morning, Thursday, June 19, 2003, the Senate Commerce, Science
and Transportation Committee will complete writing S. 189, a major
nanotechnology bill.
This is your opportunity to provide input on whether molecular
manufacturing -- the advanced molecular nanotechnology expected to bring the
most important results -- is specifically mentioned in this bill.
The House of Representatives has already passed its own nanotech bill,
H.R. 766, which adopted amendments introduced by Congressman Brad Sherman,
who spoke at this year's Foresight Vision Weekend. One of the adopted
amendments, titled "Sherman's Standards and Guidelines Amendment", requires
the National Academy of Sciences to study molecular manufacturing,
including self-replicating nanoscale machines.
Now the Senate Committee is considering whether to include this
amendment into the Senate bill.
****** YOUR VOICE HAS INFLUENCE ******
Your opinion could have influence on the outcome -- so please call or
fax your Senators before Thursday morning to share your views.
Below is a list of the Senators by state who are on the Senate Commerce
Committee. You are encouraged to call the Senator from your state first, and
then all others you have time to contact. We have included the contact
name, fax, phone, and email.
At this late date, phone and fax -- NOT EMAIL -- are the best means of
contact.
****** WHEN PHONING OR FAXING A SENATE OFFICE ******
* Ask for the specific legislative aide who is listed below
* Identify yourself by name
* If you live in the Senator's state, say so
* Identify yourself as a member or supporter of Foresight Institute
****** IF PHONING, SAY: ******
* I am calling about S. 189, the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research
and Development
* I urge Senator____ to sponsor language similar to the Sherman
Amendments to H.R. 766, the National Nanotechnology R&D Act.
* Specifically: Sherman's Standards & Guidelines Amendments - points
1-5
****** IF FAXING, WRITE: ******
Attn: (*insert name of specific staffer listed below)
Dear Senator _______
I urge you to sponsor language similar to the Sherman Amendments to H.R.
766, the National Nanotechnology R&D Act. I would like you to include an
amendment requesting that the National Academy of Sciences assess the
need for standards, guidelines and strategies for assuring
the development of safe nanotechnology, specifically regarding
self-replicating nanoscale molecular machines, distribution of
molecular manufacturing development, encryption, and the
development of defensive technologies employing molecular nanotechnology.
Signed____________
****** SUMMARY OF SHERMAN'S STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES AMENDMENT ******
Requires that within a period of time, the National Academy of Sciences
assess the need for standards, guidelines and strategies for assuring
the development of safe nanotechnology, including those applicable to the
following:
1. the possible regulation of self-replicating nanoscale machines or
devices
2. the release of such machines or devices in natural environments
3. distribution of molecular manufacturing development
4. encryption
5. the development of defensive technologies
6. the use of nanotechnology as human brain extenders
For a complete copy of the Sherman amendments, contact
science.sherman@mail.house.gov.
****** SENATOR CONTACT INFORMATION ******
ALASKA (Sen. Ted Stevens - R)
ASK FOR: Matt Paxton
Science and Transportation Legislative Aid
Phone 202.224.3004
Fax 202. 224-2354
Matt_Paxton@Stevens.senate.gov
ARIZONA (Committee Chair John McCain - R)
ASK FOR: Jennifer Wilson
Legislative Correspondent
Phone: 202.224.2235
Fax 202.228.2862
Email Jennifer_Wilson@Mccain.senate.gov
CALIFORNIA (Sen. Barbara Boxer - D)
ASK FOR: Sandra Schubert
Science and Agriculture Legislative Aide
Phone (202) 224-3553
Fax(415) 956-6701
Email. Sandra_Schuert@Boxer.senate.gov
FLORIDA (Sen. Bill Nelson - D)
ASK FOR: Cindy Lodge
Science and Technology Legislative Aide
Phone (202) 224-5274
FAX: (202) 228-2183
Email: Cindy_Lodge@Nelson.senate.gov
HAWAII (Sen. Daniel K. Inouye - D)
ASK FOR: Marie Blanco
Science and Technology Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-3934
Fax: (202) 224-6747
Email: Marie_Blanco@Inouye.senate.gov
ILLINOIS (Sen. Peter G. Fitzgerald - R)
ASK FOR: Robin Eolwell
Science and Technology Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-2854
Fax: (202) 228-1372
Email: Robin_Eolwell@Ffitzgerald.senate.gov
KANSAS (Sen. Sam Brownback - R)
ASK FOR: Maggie Nelson
Science and Technology Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-6521
Fax: (202) 228-1265
Email: Maggie_Nelson@Brownback.senate.gov
LOUISIANA (Sen. John B. Breaux - D)
ASK FOR: Andy Vermilye
Science and Technology Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-4623
Fax: (202) 228-2577
Email: Andy_Vermilye@Breaux.senate.gov
MAINE (Sen. Olympia Snowe - R)
ASK FOR: Emily Jarvis
Science and Technology Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-5344
Fax: (202) 224-1946
Email: Emily_Jarvis@Snowe.senate.gov
MASSACHUSETTS (Sen. John F. Kerry - D)
ASK FOR: Barry LaSala
Science and Technology Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-2742
Fax: (202) 224-8525
Email: Barry_LaSala@Kerry.senate.gov
MISSISSIPPI (Sen. Trent Lott - R)
ASK FOR: Jim Sartucci
Science and Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-6253
Fax: (202) 224-2262
Email: Jim_Sartucci@Lott.senate.gov
MONTANA (Sen. Conrad Burns - R)
ASK FOR: Mike Rawson
Science and Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-2644
Fax: (202) 224-8594
Email: Mike_Rawson@Burns.senate.gov
NEW HAMPSHIRE (Sen. John Sununu - R)
ASK FOR: Mike O'Rielly
Science and Technology Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-2841
Fax: (202) 228-4131
Email: Mike_ORielly@Sununu.senate.gov
NEW JERSEY (Sen. Frank Lautenberg - D)
ASK FOR: Cindy Bethell
Science and Technology Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-3224
Fax: (202) 228-4054
Email: Cindy_Bethell@Lautenberg.senate.gov
NEVADA (Sen. John Ensign - R)
ASK FOR: Michael Sullivan
Science and Technology Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-6244
Fax: (202) 228-2193
Email: Michael_Sullivan@Ensign.senate.gov
NORTH DAKOTA (Sen. Byron L. Dorgan - D)
ASK FOR: Emmett O'Keefe
Science and Technology Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-2551
Fax: (202) 224-1193
Email: Emmett_Okeefe@Dorgan.senate.gov
OREGON (Sen. Ron Wyden - D)
ASK FOR: David Sohn
Science and Technology Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-5244
Fax: (202) 224-2717
Email. David_Sohn@Wyden.senate.gov
OREGON Sen. Gordon Smith - R)
ASK FOR: Wally Hsueh
Science and Technology Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-3753
Fax: (202) 228-3997
Email: Wally_Hsueh@Smith.senate.gov
SOUTH CAROLINA (Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D)
ASK FOR: Jean Toll Eisen
Science and Technology Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-6121
Fax: (202) 224-4293
Email: Jean_Eisen@Hollings.senate.gov
TEXAS (Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson -R)
ASK FOR: Celeste May
Science and Technology Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-5922
Fax: (202) 224-0776
Email: Celeste_May@Hutchinson.senate.gov
VIRGINIA (Sen. George Allen - R)
ASK FOR: Frank Cavaliere
Science and Technology Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-4024
Fax: (202) 224-5432
Email: Frank_Cavaliere@Allen.senate.gov
WASHINGTON (Sen. Maria Cantwell - D)
ASK FOR: Ethan Ackerman
Science and Technology Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-3441
Fax: (202) 228-0514
Email: Ethan_Ackerman@Cantwell.senate.gov
WEST VIRGINIA (Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV - D)
ASK FOR: James Reid
Science and Technology Legislative Aide
Phone: (202) 224-6472
Fax: (202) 224-7665
Email: James_Reid@Rockefeller.senate.gov
****** THANK YOU ******
Thank you in advance for contacting your Senator. No matter which
potential uses of molecular nanotechnology most interest you -- medical,
environmental, space, etc. -- you understand that molecular
manufacturing will change our lives greatly. By contacting your Senator
now and influencing the outcome of this bill, we can maximize the
technology's benefits and minimize possible downsides.
Many of you are aware of the Foresight Guidelines on Molecular
Nanotechnology. The language in this amendment was influenced by these
Guidelines. For a refresher on the goals and language of the Foresight
Guidelines, see: http://gmail.foresight.org/cp/26823C9S5U09S5UD5UU53SJN4S/
Thank you again for your help and time.
Christine Peterson
President
Foresight Institute, Preparing for nanotechnology
foresight@foresight.org
http://gmail.foresight.org/cp/26824C9S5U09S5UD5UU53SJN4S/
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