{"id":4649,"date":"2011-09-21T05:43:33","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T13:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=4649"},"modified":"2024-05-29T17:03:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T01:03:39","slug":"missing-in-action-on-concussions-senator-tom-udall-congressman-henry-waxman-senator-richard-blumenthal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=4649","title":{"rendered":"Missing in Action on Concussions: Senator Tom Udall, Congressman Henry Waxman, Senator Richard Blumenthal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<html><body><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A week ago today I emailed Marissa Padilla, communications director for Senator Tom Udall: &#8220;What is the status of the football helmet matter?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The same day I faxed the same message to Karen Lightfoot, who has the same position for Congressman Henry Waxman, and emailed it to Kate Hansen and Lily Adams, staffers for Senator Richard Blumenthal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Here are their responses:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">[none]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em>Irv Muchnick<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>FURTHER READING:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to 'Helmet to Helmet: FTC's Investigation Could Be the Super Bowl for Corrupt NFL Doctors and the National Concussion Crisis' (full text from Beyond Chron)\" href=\"..\/?p=3665\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8216;Helmet to Helmet: FTC&#8217;s Investigation Could Be the Super Bowl for Corrupt NFL Doctors and the National Concussion Crisis&#8217; (full text from Beyond Chron)<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>Published February 11th, 2011<\/div>\n<div>*****<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to Memo to Waxman, Udall, Blumenthal: An Agenda for Hearings on the National Concussion Crisis\" href=\"..\/?p=3762\" rel=\"bookmark\">Memo to Waxman, Udall, Blumenthal: An Agenda for Hearings on the National Concussion Crisis<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>Published March 11th, 2011<\/div>\n<div>*****<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to Blumenthal Joins National Concussion Debate 'Under Pressure From Muchnick'\" href=\"..\/?p=3785\" rel=\"bookmark\">Blumenthal Joins National Concussion Debate &#8216;Under Pressure From Muchnick&#8217;<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>Published March 17th, 2011<\/div>\n<div>*****<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to 'It's the Concussion Crisis, Stupid' (full text from Beyond Chron)\" href=\"..\/?p=3824\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8216;It&#8217;s the Concussion Crisis, Stupid&#8217; (full text from Beyond Chron)<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>Published March 25th, 2011<\/div>\n<div>*****<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to Blumenthal of Connecticut Is One of 'The Senators From Concussions'\" href=\"..\/?p=4281\" rel=\"bookmark\">Blumenthal of Connecticut Is One of &#8216;The Senators From Concussions&#8217;<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>Published July 24th, 2011<\/div>\n<div>*****<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/themes\/irwin\/images\/box1-top.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"18\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"..\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/themes\/irwin\/images\/logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"65\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<form id=\"searchform\" action=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/\" method=\"get\"><input id=\"s\" type=\"text\" name=\"s\" value=\"\"> <input type=\"image\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/themes\/irwin\/images\/bt-search.jpg\" alt=\"Search\"><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/themes\/irwin\/images\/red-arrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"32\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Mission\" href=\"..\/?page_id=4223\">Mission<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"About the Author\" href=\"..\/?page_id=2\">About the Author<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"What They're Saying\" href=\"..\/?page_id=4225\">What They&#8217;re Saying<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Irv's books\" href=\"..\/?page_id=9\">Irv&#8217;s books<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Irv in the media\" href=\"..\/?page_id=4227\">Irv in the media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Irv's Supreme Court case and writers' rights work\" href=\"..\/?page_id=11\">Irv&#8217;s Supreme Court case and writers&#8217; 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