The members who will control the destiny for fiscal year 2007 funding for the Senior Corps are, first and foremost, the leaders of the respective House and Senate Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (with the respective Chairmen and Majority Members having the greatest clout in the process).

Senate Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Senator Arlen Specter (Chairman) (PA)
Senator Thad Cochran (MS)
Senator Judd Gregg (NH)Senator Larry Craig (ID)
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX)
Senator Ted Stevens (AK)
Senator Mike DeWine (OH)
Senator Richard Shelby (AL)
Senator Tom Harkin (Ranking Member) (IA)
Senator Daniel Inouye (HI)
Senator Harry Reid (NV)
Senator Herb Kohl (WI)
Senator Patty Murray (WA)
Senator Mary Landrieu (LA)
Senator Richard Durbin (IL)

House Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations

Rep. Ralph Regula (Chairman) (OH)

Rep. Ernest Istook (OK)

Rep. Roger Wicker (MS)

Rep. Anne Meagher Northup (KY), Vice Chair

Rep. Kay Granger (TX)

Rep. John Peterson (PA)

Rep. Don Sherwood (PA)

Rep. Dave Weldon (FL)

Rep. James Walsh (NY)

Rep. Michael Simpson (ID)

Rep. Dave Obey (WI)

Rep. Steny Hoyer (MD)

Rep. Nita Lowey (NY)

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT)

Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL)

Rep. Patrick Kennedy (RI)

Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA)

All Senior Corps Directors are urged to contact their Senators and Congressman and urge support for Senior Corps funding increases in Fiscal Year 2007.  It is critical that Senior Corps Directors find Senators and Congressmen willing to go to bat for the Senior Corps in the annual appropriations process, not just this year, but in years to come.  Let us know about the heroes you find in your meetings!

Reauthorization Legislation Affecting the Senior Corps