As if a full day of an Inaugural ceremony, a parade, 10 packed-to-capacity balls weren’t enough; President Barack Obama invited 70 of his early supporters to the White House to continue the historical celebration. Serenaded by the music of Wynston Marsalis were long-time family friend and early supporter Congressman Neil Abercombie who said, ” ‘Wow, this is actually happening.’ That doesn’t happen very often in life, that everything goes as planned. When it does, let me tell you, it’s a wonderful feeling.”
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February 6, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Aran Mooney
Dear Congressman Abercrombie,
I am writing you a brief note to please try to support NSF, ONR, NIH, and other scientific research funding in the new economic recovery bill. I am a PhD graduate of UH and now a postdoctoral research applying for funding and research. Each of my funded research activities directly or indirectly economically benefits many people (fellow collaborators, graduate students, undergraduate students, community members involved, and research support (administrative) staff of UH and other institutions. However, funding of proposals seems to have decreased per proposal, thus limiting the economic impacts of much scientific research. I hope that it is possible to reverse these trends in part with this simulus package.
Thank you very much,
Sincerely,
Aran Mooney