Did your elected officials sign onto the 2015 goal?

C3 advocates worked hard to gain support in Congress for the National Cancer Institute’s goal of eliminating cancer death and suffering by the year 2015. Our work started on March 15, 2005 when we visited Capitol Hill as part of [One Voice Against Cancer (OVAC)](http://www.ovaconline.org). We asked our elected officials to sign onto a letter of support for the 2015 goal which would be sent to President Bush. After we returned home, we followed up with phone calls, letters and email.

In the end, C3 and other OVAC partners gathered support from:

* 275 Representatives (63%)- 139 Republicans, 135 Democrats, 1 Independent
* 92 Senators (92%)- 48 Republicans, 43 Democrats and 1 Independent

Did your elected officials support the letter?

* [Copy of the House 2015 letter with signatures](/pdf/House2015letter.pdf) (PDF)
* [Copy of the Senate 2015 letter with signatures](/pdf/Senate2015letter.pdf) (PDF)

Read on for a list of *all* signers, alphabetical by state. If your elected officials are on the list, let them know how much you appreciate their effort. If they’re not, write or call and ask them why not?

* Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
* Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)
* Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
* Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
* Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL)
* Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
* Rep. Marion Berry (D-AR)
* Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR)
* Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR)
* Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR)
* Rep. Ed Pastor (D-AZ)
* Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ)
* Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ)
* Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
* Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
* Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)
* Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
* Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA)
* Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
* Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
* Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA)
* Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA)
* Rep. David Dreier (R-CA)
* Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA)
* Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) – Lead
* Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA)
* Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA)
* Rep. Fortney Stark (D-CA)
* Rep. Gary Miller (R-CA)
* Rep. George Miller (D-CA)
* Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
* Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA)
* Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA)
* Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA)
* Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
* Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA)
* Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA)
* Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA)
* Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
* Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA)
* Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) – Lead
* Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)
* Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
* Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA)
* Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA)
* Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)
* Rep. Randy Cunningham (R-CA)
* Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA)
* Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA)
* Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA)
* Rep. Wally Herger (R-CA)
* Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
* Rep. Bob Beauprez (R-CO)
* Rep. John Salazar (D-CO)
* Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO)
* Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO)
* Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
* Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT)
* Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)
* Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-CT)
* Rep. Rob Simmons (R-CT)
* Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
* Rep. Eleanor Norton (D-DC)
* Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE)
* Rep. Michael Castle (R-DE)
* Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE)
* Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL)
* Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL)
* Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL)
* Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
* Rep. Bill Young (R-FL)
* Rep. Clay Shaw (R-FL) – Lead
* Rep. Connie Mack, IV (R-FL)
* Rep. Dave Weldon (R-FL)
* Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL)
* Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL)
* Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
* Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL)
* Rep. Jim Davis (D-FL)
* Rep. Katherine Harris (R-FL)
* Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
* Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL)
* Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL)
* Rep. Michael Bilirakis (R-FL)
* Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)
* Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-GA)
* Rep. David Scott (D-GA)
* Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA)
* Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
* Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
* Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA)
* Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA)
* Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
* Rep. Tom Price (R-GA)
* Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
* Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
* Rep. Ed Case (D-HI)
* Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
* Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA)
* Rep. James Leach (R-IA)
* Rep. Jim Nussle (R-IA)
* Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA)
* Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
* Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
* Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA)
* Rep. C.L. ‘Butch’ Otter (R-ID)
* Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID)
* Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)
* Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID)
* Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)
* Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL)
* Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL)
* Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL)
* Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL)
* Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)
* Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL)
* Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL)
* Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL)
* Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL)
* Rep. Chris Chocola (R-IN)
* Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN)
* Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
* Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN)
* Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS)
* Rep. Jim Ryun (R-KS)
* Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)
* Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) – Lead
* Rep. Anne Northup (R-KY)
* Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY)
* Rep. Edward Whitfield (R-KY)
* Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY)
* Rep. Ron Lewis (R-KY)
* Rep. Bobby Jindal (R-LA)
* Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA)
* Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA)
* Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)
* Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
* Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA)
* Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA)
* Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
* Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA)
* Rep. James McGovern (D-MA)
* Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
* Rep. John Olver (D-MA)
* Rep. John Tierney (D-MA)
* Rep. Martin Meehan (D-MA)
* Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA)
* Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA)
* Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
* Rep. William Delahunt (D-MA)
* Rep. Albert Wynn (D-MD)
* Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
* Rep. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD)
* Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)
* Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
* Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
* Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
* Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)
* Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
* Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD)
* Rep. Michael Michaud (D-ME)
* Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
* Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
* Rep. Thomas Allen (D-ME)
* Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI)
* Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI)
* Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI)
* Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
* Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI)
* Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R-MI)
* Rep. Joe Schwarz (R-MI)
* Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI)
* Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI)
* Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI)
* Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN) – Lead
* Rep. Gil Gutknecht (R-MN)
* Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN)
* Sen. Mark Dayton (D-MN)
* Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
* Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO)
* Sen. James Talent (R-MO)
* Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)
* Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-MO)
* Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO)
* Rep. Charles Pickering (R-MS)
* Rep. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
* Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
* Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT)
* Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
* Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC)
* Rep. David Price (D-NC)
* Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
* Rep. George Butterfield (D-NC)
* Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC)
* Rep. Melvin Watt (D-NC)
* Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
* Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) -Lead
* Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC)
* Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
* Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
* Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND)
* Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE)
* Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
* Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
* Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE)
* Rep. Tom Osborne (R-NE)
* Rep. Jeb Bradley (R-NH)
* Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
* Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ)
* Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
* Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ)
* Sen. Jon Corzine (D-NJ)
* Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ)
* Rep. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
* Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
* Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ)
* Rep. Steven Rothman (D-NJ)
* Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM)
* Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
* Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM)
* Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM)
* Rep. Thomas Udall (D-NM)
* Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-NV)
* Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)
* Rep. Jon Porter (R-NV)
* Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY)
* Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
* Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)
* Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)
* Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY)
* Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY)
* Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
* Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
* Rep. James Walsh (R-NY)
* Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
* Rep. John (Randy) Kuhl (R-NY)
* Rep. John McHugh (R-NY)
* Rep. John Sweeney (R-NY)
* Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY)
* Rep. Major Owens (D-NY)
* Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
* Rep. Michael McNulty (D-NY)
* Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY)
* Rep. Peter King (R-NY)
* Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)
* Rep. Steven Israel (D-NY) – Lead
* Rep. Sue Kelly (R-NY)
* Rep. Timothy Bishop (D-NY)
* Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-OH) – Lead
* Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
* Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH)
* Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)
* Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
* Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH)
* Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH)
* Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-OH)
* Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-OH)
* Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
* Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH)
* Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-OH)
* Rep. Ted Strickland (D-OH)
* Rep. Timothy Ryan (D-OH)
* Rep. Daniel Boren (D-OK)
* Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)
* Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK)
* Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK)
* Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK)
* Rep. David Wu (D-OR)
* Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
* Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR)
* Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR)
* Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
* Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
* Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA)
* Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA)
* Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA)
* Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA)
* Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-PA)
* Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA)
* Rep. Melissa Hart (R-PA)
* Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
* Rep. Phil English (R-PA)
* Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)
* Rep. Tim Holden (D-PA)
* Rep. Todd Platts (R-PA)
* Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
* Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI)
* Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)
* Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
* Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC)
* Rep. Henry Brown (R-SC)
* Rep. J. Gresham Barrett (R-SC)
* Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC)
* Sen. James DeMint (R-SC)
* Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
* Rep. John Spratt (D-SC)
* Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
* Sen. John Thune (R-SD)
* Rep. Stephanie Herseth (D-SD)
* Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)
* Rep. Harold Ford (D-TN)
* Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)
* Rep. John Duncan (R-TN)
* Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
* Rep. Al Green (D-TX)
* Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
* Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
* Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)
* Rep. John Carter (R-TX)
* Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
* Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)
* Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
* Sen. Kay Hutchison (R-TX)
* Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX)
* Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
* Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
* Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX)
* Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX)
* Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
* Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
* Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX)
* Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
* Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
* Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)
* Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX)
* Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)
* Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
* Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
* Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT)
* Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT)
* Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
* Sen. Robert Bennett (R-UT)
* Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
* Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA)
* Sen. George Allen (R-VA)
* Rep. James Moran (D-VA)
* Sen. John Warner (R-VA)
* Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA)
* Rep. Thelma Drake (R-VA)
* Rep. Thomas Davis (R-VA)
* Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA)
* Rep. Donna Christensen (D-VI)
* Rep. Bernard Sanders (Independent-VT)
* Sen. James Jeffords (Independent-VT)
* Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
* Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)
* Rep. Cathy McMorris (R-WA)
* Rep. David Reichert (R-WA)
* Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA)
* Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA)
* Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
* Rep. Norman Dicks (D-WA)
* Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
* Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA)
* Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI)
* Rep. Mark Green (R-WI)
* Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)
* Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI)
* Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI)
* Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
* Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV)
* Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)
* Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
* Rep. Shelley Capito (R-WV)
* Rep. Barbara Cubin (R-WY)
* Sen. Craig Thomas (R-WY)