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Letter, dated March 16, 2016, from 76 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, co-led by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN) and Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN), to the leadership of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee (HAC-D), in support of FY17 appropriations ("adequate funding") for the treatment-focused Gulf War Illness Research Program (GWIRP) within the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) administered by the U.S. Department of Defense under specific Congressional direction. The letter signatories include:Rep. Ralph Abraham R LARep. Brad Ashford D NERep. Dan Benishek R MIRep. Gus Bilirakis R FLRep. Corrine Brown D FLRep. Julia Brownley D CARep. Vern Buchanan R FLRep. Tony Cardenas D CARep. Andre Carson D INRep. Matthew Cartwright D PARep. Judy Chu D CARep. David Cicilline D RIRep. Katherine Clark D MARep. Mike Coffman R CORep. John Conyers D MIRep. Elijah Cummings D MDRep. Peter DeFazio D ORRep. Dian DeGette D CORep. John Delaney D MDRep. Mark DeSaulnier D CARep. Lloyd Doggett D TXRep. Keith Ellison D MNRep. Elizabeth Esty D CTRep. Chaka Fattah D PARep. Lois Frankel D FLRep. Alcee Hastings D FLRep. Steve Israel D NYRep. Sheila Jackson-Lee D TXRep. Bill Johnson R OHRep. Walter Jones R NCRep. William Keating D MARep. Ron Kind D WIRep. Ann Kirkpatrick D AZRep. Ann McLane Kuster D NHRep. Doug Lamborn R CORep. Barbara Lee D CARep. Dan Lipinski D ILRep. Dave Loebsack D IARep. Barry Loudermilk R GARep. Alan Lowenthal D CARep. Cynthia Lummis R WYRep. Stephen Lynch D MARep. Tom Marino R PARep. Jim McDermott D WARep. James P. McGovern D MARep. David McKinley R WVRep. Jeff Miller R FLRep. Gwen Moore D WIRep. Jerrold Nadler D NYRep. Beto O'Rourke D TXRep. Steven Palazzo R MSRep. Donald Payne D NJRep. Ed Perlmutter D CORep. Scott Peters D CARep. Collin Peterson D MNRep. Chellie Pingree D MERep. Stacey Plaskett D VIRep. Mark Pocan D WIRep. Chuck Rangel D NYRep. Kathleen Rice D NYRep. Phil Roe R TNRep. Tom Rooney R FLRep. Raul Ruiz D CARep. Gregorio Sablan D NMIRep. Matt Salmon R AZRep. Jan Schakowsky D ILRep. Adam Schiff D CARep. Kyrsten Sinema D AZRep. Chris Smith R NJRep. Jackie Speier D CARep. Mark Takai D HIRep. Mark Takano D CARep. Marc Veasey D TXRep. Filemon Vela D TXRep. Tim Walz D MNRep. Peter Welch D VT
