The Wild Weasel Society is a member in good standing (through Quack Bear) of the River Rats Medical Issues (AMIC) board and we have supported their efforts in conducting a RRVA-wide Pilot Cancer Survey in Fall 2019. The society has recently stepped up it’s role in advocating Congress for additonal legislation to track down on the potential cause(s) of the increased cancer rate in military aviators.  We are committed to getting this capability for our members.  We are now part of the MACH coalition, a group of nine aviation organizations.  (Please check their Facebook page at this link: MACH)

What you can do right now:

MACH Coalition – we need your help today. We made progress with our engagement with the DAMA Senior Professional Staffer.  Now we are asking you to send 8 emails. 

This is our next move, the tool we need for ACES Act advocacy to lawmakers and staffers. The attachment (see more below) tells a straightforward story: Why the ACES Act? And, how the ACES Act and the PACT Act are *different* things. Below, we have provided the names and email addresses for the legislative aides of the Representatives who work on the House Disability Affairs & Mortuary Assistance (DAMA) subcommittee of the House Veterans Affairs Committee(HVAC).

You will see we are asking you to send an attachment and not a full email.  Why a 1 page attachment and not just an email with 1 or 2 sentences? The arguments developed against H.R. 530 ACES Act are so elaborate, the only way to beat those arguments is with our 1-page paper. Next, if lawmakers never see our 1-pager, “Case For ACES Act”.pdf, they will rely on the second-hand opinions of others. When we succeed in getting out of the DAMA, we will repeat this advocacy tactic at the HVAC level. 

Here is how you can help.

1. Start by clicking on one of the email addresses (in blue) below. This should pull up an email pre-loaded with the subject line “The Case For H.R. 530-The ACES Act.” If both of these things don’t happen automatically upon click, simply open an email to compose, copy the email address and type the subject line “The Case for H.R. 530 – The ACES Act.”
2. In the body of the email, simply type your name or:  “I am writing to respectfully ask you to support H.R. 530, the Aviation Cancer Examination Study Act. Please see the attached Case for ACES Act.” Sincerely, (Your Name). Any other identifiers, such as organizations you represent or relationship with cancer and aviation are at your discretion.
3. Attach the document “Case for ACES Act” which can be downloaded HERE or by right clicking on it and saving to your desktop.
4. Send email.
5. Repeat steps 1 – 4 with each of the email addresses listed.

Thank you for your help!

 – DAMA Chairman Congressman Morgan Luttrell: Leg. Aide Charles Truxal  charlie.truxal@mail.house.gov

– Ranking Member Congressman Morgan McGarvey: Leg. Aide Trevor O’Connor
Supports the ACES Act, no email is necessary

– Congresswoman Amata Radewagen: Leg. Aide Jared Christel
jared.christel@mail.house.gov

– Congressman Jack Bergman: Leg. Aide Benjamin Monticello
ben.monticello@mail.house.gov

– Congresswoman Nancy Mace: Leg. Aide Jonathan Maslyn
jon.maslyn@mail.house.gov

– Congressman Keith Self: Leg. Aide Brad Decker
 brad.decker@mail.house.gov

– Congressman Chris Pappas: Leg. Aide Jacob Friedman
jake.friedman@mail.house.gov

– Congresswoman Maxine Dexter; No Leg Aide, send to Legislative Director Grace Banfield
grace.banfield@mail.house.gov

–  Congresswoman Kelly Morrison: Leg. Aide Griffin Wong
griffin.wong@mail.house.gov