51. Ferid Murad, chairman of the Department of Integrative Biology, Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, signed the letter. 52. Five former state presidents of the Baptist convention also signed the letter. 53. Five members of the Florida delegation, including both Cuban-born lawmakers and the three black lawmakers, declined to sign the letter. 54. Five of those who signed that letter were killed or died soon afterward in circumstances that have never been fully explained. 55. Fifty GOP lawmakers signed a letter urging Gingrich to hold fast to his no-net-tax-increase stand. 56. Freeh did not sign the letter, which was addressed but never sent to Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. 57. Former presidents will be urged to write op-ed articles or sign letters in support of the agreement. 58. Four Republican senators also signed the letter. 59. Gary Hoitsma, an Inhofe spokesman, agreed this week that Ashcroft, a Judiciary Committee member, did not sign a letter pledging to block appointments. 60. Forty-eight senators have signed a letter asking for the visual documentation, which will be sent to elementary and secondary school principals across the country. |