An update on the HEART for Women Act

The latest hearing on the HEART for Women Act went very well. In general, the bill was well received by the subcommittee. The witnesses, Dr. Sue Bennett, the director of the Women's Heart Program at the George Washington University Medical Center, and Janet Wolf, a heart attack survivor from Santa Barbara, Calif., both did a fabulous job, according to Stephanie Mohl at the American Heart Association.

What you can do
While the bill has gained a large number of co-sponsors in the last couple of weeks (see list below), there is still work to do. As of May 2, the bill has 140 co-sponsors in the U.S. House and 29 co-sponsors in the U.S. Senate, including all 14 female senators and 59 of 74 female representatives. If you live in one of the states listed here, please contact your female representative and urge support for the HEART for Women Act.

Female representatives who have not yet signed onto the HEART for Women Act

Arizona: Gabrielle Giffords

Minnesota: Michele Bachmann
California: Maxine Waters Missouri: Jo Ann Emerson
Colorado: Marilyn Musgrave New Mexico: Heather Wilson
Florida: Ginny Brown-Waite New York: Nydia Velazquez
Illinois: Melissa Bean and Judy Biggert North Carolina: Virginia Foxx
Michigan: Candice Miller Virginia: JoAnn Davis and Thelma Drake

 

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Current HEART for Women Act co-sponsors (H.R. 1014/S. 573)
169 co-sponsors as of May 2, 2007 (140 House; 29 Senate) (133 Democrats, 34 Republicans, 2 Independent)

Key: Bold = senator
         * = lead sponsor

If you do not see your senator's or representative's name on this list, please contact her or him to support the HEART for Women Act.
ALASKA
* Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R)

ALABAMA
Rep. Jo Bonner (R-AL01)

ARKANSAS
Sen. Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D)
Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR04)

ARIZONA
Rep. Ed Pastor (D-AZ04)
Rep. Paul M. Grijalva (D-AZ07)

CALIFORNIA
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D)
Sen Dianne Feinstein (D)
Rep. Doris O. Matsui (D-CA05)
Rep. Lynn C. Woolsey (D-CA06)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA09)
Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-CA10)
Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA12)
Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA13)
Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA14)
Rep. Michael M. Honda (D-CA15)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA16)
Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA17)
* Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA23)
Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA28)
Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA30)
Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-CA32)
Rep. Diane E. Watson (D-CA33)
Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA36)
Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA37)
Rep. Grace Flores Napolitano (D-CA38)
Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA39)
Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA45)
Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA47)
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA49)
Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA51)
Rep. Susan A. Davis (D-CA53)

COLORADO
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO01)
Rep. Edwin G. Perlmutter (D-CO07)

CONNECTICUT
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I)
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT03)
Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT04)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)

DELAWARE

FLORIDA
Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL03)
Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL11)
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL18)
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL19)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL20)
Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL23)

GEORGIA
Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA08)

HAWAII
Sen. Daniel Akaka (D)
Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI01)
Rep. Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI02)

IDAHO

ILLINOIS
Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D)
Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-IL01)
Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL09)

INDIANA
Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN03)
Rep. Julia M. Carson (D-IN07)

IOWA
Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA02)
Rep. Leonard L. Boswell (D-IA03)

KANSAS
Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-KS02)
Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS03)

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA
Sen. Mary L. Landrieu (D)
Rep. Bobby Jindal (R-LA01)
Rep. Charles J. Melancon (D-LA03)

MAINE
Sen. Susan Collins (R)
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R)
Rep. Thomas H. Allen (D-ME01)
Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME02)

MARYLAND
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D)
Rep. Albert R. Wynn (D-MD04)
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD07)
Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Jr. (D-MD08)

MASSACHUSETTS
Rep. John Olver (D-MA01)
Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-MA02)
Rep. James P. McGovern (D-MA03)
Rep. Martin T. Meehan (D-MA05)
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA07)
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA09)
Rep. William Delahunt (D-MA10)

MICHIGAN
* Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D)
Sen. Carol Levin (D)
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI01)
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (D-MI11)
Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI13)

MINNESOTA
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D)
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN04)
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN05)
Rep. James L. Oberstar (DFL-MN08)

MISSOURI
Sen. Claire C. McCaskill (D)
Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-MO01)

MISSISSIPPI
Sen. Thad Cochran (R)
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS02)

MONTANA
Sen. Jon Tester (D)
Rep. Dennis Rehberg (R-MT-At Large)

NEBRASKA
Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE02)

NEVADA
Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV01)

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH01)

NEW JERSEY
Sen. Robert Menendez (D)
Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D)
Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ03)
Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ07)
Rep. Steven R. Rothman (D-NJ09)

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)
Rep. Timothy Bishop (D-NY01)
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY04)
Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY10)
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY11)
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY14)
Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY15)
Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY17)
Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY18)
Rep. Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY20)
Rep. Michael McNulty (D-NY21)
Rep. Maurice D.Hinchey (D-NY22)
Rep. John M. McHugh (R-NY23)
Rep. Michael A. Arcuri (D-NY24)
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY28)

NORTH CAROLINA
Sen. Elizabeth H. Dole (R)
Rep. G. K. Butterfield, Jr. (D-NC01)
Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC02)
Rep. David E. Price (D-NC04)
Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC09)

NORTH DAKOTA
Sen. Kent Conrad (D)
Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D)

OHIO
Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH02)
Rep. March Kaptur (D-OH09)
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs (D-OH11)
Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH13)
Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-OH15)

OKLAHOMA
Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK01)
Rep. Mary Fallin (R-OK05)

OREGON
Rep. David Wu (D-OR01)
Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-OR05)

PENNSYLVANIA
Sen. Robert P. Casey (D)
Rep. Robert A. Brady (D-PA01)
Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA04)
Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-PA06)
Rep. John P. Murtha (D-PA12)
Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz (D-PA13)
Rep. Todd Platts (R-PA19)

RHODE ISLAND
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D)
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI01)

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA
Rep. Stephanie Herseth (D-SD-At Large)

TENNESSEE
Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN03)
Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN06)
Rep. Marsha W. Blackburn (R-TN07)
Rep. Stephen I. Cohen (D-TN09)

TEXAS
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R)
Rep. Al Green (D-TX09)
Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX12)
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX15)
Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX16)
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX18)
Rep. Charles A. Gonzalez (D-TX20)
Rep. Nicholas V. Lampson (D-TX22)
Rep. Ciro D. Rodriguez (D-TX23)
Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz (D-TX27)
Rep. Gene Green (D-TX29)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX30)
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX32)

UTAH
Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT01)

VIRGINIA
Rep. Virgin H. Goode, Jr. (R-VA05)
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA09)

VERMONT
Sen. Bernard Sanders (I)

WASHINGTON
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D)
Sen. Patty Murray (D)
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA07)

WEST VIRGINIA
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV02)

WISCONSIN
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI02)
Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI04)

WYOMING
* Rep. Barbara Cubin (R-WY-At Large)

GUAM
Rep. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU)

VIRGIN ISLANDS
Rep. Donna M. Christensen (D-VI-Delegate)

  

For information on how to contact your senator or representative, visit the ELCA advocacy Web page.