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Identical letter sent to all House and Senate members

October 20, 2009

The Honorable Neil Abercrombie U.S. House of Representatives 1502 Longworth House Office Building Washington , DC 20515

Dear Representative Abercrombie:

The undersigned , representing a broad cross section of the US. business community and hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs, urge Congress to pass a permanent and strengthened R&D tax credit as proposed by H.R. 422, introduced by Representatives Meek and Brady, and S. 1203, introduced by Senators Baucus and Hatch. The credit is set to expire at year end,

The R&D tax credit encourages businesses of all sizes to undertake cutting-edge research projects in the United States. R&D is the very lifeblood of our knowledge econom y. At a time when the American econom y is weak, research and development across industry sectors makes it possible to create and maintain good, high-paying jobs at home and sharpens the ability of companies to compete in the global marketplace.

Failure to enact a permanent and strengthened credit will have significant negative consequences for the US . economy and threatens investments we need to make in important areas of the economy such as renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, health care, biotechnology, manufacturing processes, and information and communications technologie s. Now is not the time to back away from the spirit of invention. Now is the time to embrace it wholeheartedly. Businesses need certainty to make long-term, high risk investments in the US. Furthermore , a strengthened credit will be more competitive with incentives provided by other countries that are vying for research investment dollars.

We respectfully urge you to approve legislation to strengthen and make permanent the R&D tax credit as soon as possible .

Sincerely,

[Organizations & Companies listed on following pages]

Organizations: 115 Companies: 301

Total : 416

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Organizations:

Aerospace Industries Association American Chemistry Council American Council of Engineering

Companies American Foundry Society AMT - The Association For

Manufacturing Technology Arizona BioIndustry Association Arizona Manufacturers Council Arizona Technology Council Associated Industries of Massachusetts Association of Equipment Manufacturers Association of University Research Parks Automation Alley (Southeast Michigan) Automotive Aftermarket Industry

Association BayBio (Bay Area Bioscience Association) BIOCOM BioHouston BioNJ BioOhio Biotechnology Industry Organization Business Software Alliance California Healthcare Institute (CHI) Chesterfield County Economic

Development Colorado Software & Internet

Association (CSIA) CompTIA Connecticut Business and Industry Assoc. Council for Chemical Research CropLife America CURE--Connecticut United for Research

Excellence, Inc. Dallas Regional Chamber's Technology

Business Council Delaware BioScience Association European-American Business Council Financial Executives International's

Committee on Taxation Georgia Bio

Greater Baltimore Technology Council, Inc. (GBTC)

Hawaii Science & Technology Council HealthCare Institute of New Jersey IEEE-USA Illinois Biotechnology Industry

Organization Illinois Technology Association (ITA) TNDA, Association of the Nonwoven

Fabrics Industry Indiana Chamber of Commerce Indiana Health Industry Forum TNDUNIV Research Consortium - Bio

Alliance Puerto Rico Information Technology Industry Council Innovation America International Sleep Products Association Iowa Biotechnology Association IPC - Association Connecting

Electronics Industries® Maryland Chamber of Commerce Maryland Computer Services Association Massachusetts Biotechnology Council MdBio Division of the Tech Council of Maryland

Meadowville Technology Park Medical Device Manufacturers Association MichBio (Michigan Biosciences

Industry Association) Minnesota High Tech Association Missouri Biotechnology Association Motor & Equipment Manufacturers

Association National Association of Manufacturers National Council for Advanced

Manufacturing National Electrical Manufacturers

Association (NEMA) National Marine Manufacturers Association National Shooting Sports Foundation

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National Tooling and Machining Association

New Hampshire BioMedical Council New Jersey Technology Council New Mexico Biotechnology Industry

Organization Non-Ferrous Founders' Society North Carolina Biosciences Organization North Carolina Technology Association Northeast PA Manufacturers &

Employers Association Northern Virginia Technology Council Oklahoma -- The State Chamber of Oklahoma

Palmer College of Chiropractic Precision Machined Products Association Precision Metalforming Association RetaiI Industry Leaders Association San Antonio Life Sciences

Association (SALSA) San Diego Software Industry Council Santa Clara University Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association (SMART)

Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI)

Semiconductor Industry Association Semiconductor Research Corporation Silicon Valley Leadership Group Silicon Valley Tax Directors Group Software & Information Industry

Association Software Finance and Tax Executives

Council

Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA)

SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association Sporting Arms and Ammunition

Manufacturers' Institute Tech Collective Tech Council of Maryland TechAmerica TechNet TechQuest Pennsylvania Telecommunications Industry Association Tennessee Biotechnology Association Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute Texas Research & Technology Foundation The Adhesive and Sealant Council, Inc. The American Council of

Engineering Companies The National Center for

Manufacturing Sciences The New England Council The Refractories Institute The Technology Council of Central

Pennsylvania, Inc. Tooling and Manufacturing Association U.S. Chamber of Commerce United States Telecom Association Utah Technology Council Virginia Biotechnology Association Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association

Washington Technology Industry Association

Waste Equipment Technology Association Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America

Companies:

A. O. Smith Corporation Adobe Systems Incorporated A. Rifkin Co, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Abbott Advanced Power Projects, Inc, Accurate Automation Corporation AEM (Holdings),Inc. ACE Clearwater Enterprises Aerotek Inc. Acuity Brands, Inc. Agilent Technologies, Inc.

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Align Technology, Inc. Allegheny Technolo gies Incorporated Allergan AL LETE/M innesota Power Allied Photochemical , Inc. Altera Corporation Amgen Inc. Apple Inc . Applied Materials, Inc. Aquilent, Inc . Arkema Inc . Ashland Inc. AstraZeneca Astrocom Electronics Inc . AT&T Ateeco, Inc. Atheros Communications, Inc . Autodesk, Inc. Avaya Inc. Av id Aware, Inc. Azaya Therapeutics, Inc . B.E. Meyers & Co., Inc. BA E Systems, Inc. BD (Becton Dickinson & Co.) Beld en Brick Company Bentley Systems, Inc. Bio EDEN, Inc BioFactura, Inc. Biogen Idee Inc. Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. BKD, LLP Blackledge Furniture Bloom Energy BM C Software Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc . Bommer Industries, Inc . Bonness Inc . Bos tik, Inc. Boston Scientific Corporation Brad y Corporation Bristol-M yers Squibb Company Brunswick Corporation C. R. Bard , Inc . CA, Inc.

Ca bot Microelectroni cs Corp oration Cadence De sign Systems Californ ia Micro De vices Corporation Ca me ron Interna tional Co rp. Carbonetworks Cardina l Systems Inc. Carter Products Co ., Inc . Cams Corporation Case New Holland Celgene Corporation CFRA,LLC Change Strategists, Inc. Chase Corporation CIa Partner Inc . Cisco Systems, Inc . CityRealm Chicago LLC Click Bond, Inc. Co mmercial Electronics, Inc . Co mpass Minera ls Contained Energy Co ntro l Techno logy Inc . Conve rgence Technology Co nsulting, LLC Con-way, Inc . Co rning Court Square Group, Inc . Cummins Inc. Cummins-Allison Corporation Curtiss-Wright Corporation Cylex , Inc . Cymer Inc Cytori Therapeutics Daiichi Sankyo, Inc . Dass ault Falcon Jet Corp. Datron World Communications Inc. Deere & Co . Dell Inc . Devel opment Co rporation of Abi lene,

Tex as , Inc . DuPont Dymax Corporation Eastma n Chemical Company Eaton Corporation Eclypse Internati onal Corporation Ecolab Inc . EFCO Corp.

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Electronics For Imaging Eli Lilly and Company eLynx EMC Corporation Expandable Software, Inc. EXTOL International , Inc. F.N.Sheppard & Co. Fibre Converters, Inc. Finelite, Inc. Forest City - New East Baltimore

Partnership , LLP Franklin International , Inc Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Full Service Foods Genentech Gen-Probe Incorporated Gilead Sciences, Inc. GlaxoSmithKline Glier's Meats Inc. Goodrich Corporation Grandis Inc. GT Solar Incorporated Habif, Arogeti & Wynne, LLP Harley-Davidson, Inc. Harris Stratex Networks Hawaii Biotech Inc. Henry Brick Company, Inc. Hewlett-Packard Company Hexcel HM Electronics, Inc. HME Wireless, Inc. Hollingsworth & Vose Company Honeywell Hospira, Inc. Hughes Network Systems, LLC Human Genome Sciences, Inc. Hydra-Tech Pumps i2 Technologies iControl Incorporated IGT Ikanos Communications, Inc. Illinois Tool Works, Inc. iMergent, Inc. fNCELL Corporation, LLC Integrated BioTherapeutic s, Inc.

Integrated Device Technology, Inc. Intel Corporation International Bancshares Corporation International Business Machines

Corporation Intersil Corporation Intevac Inc. Intrinsiq Materials USA, Inc. Ireland san Filippo, LLP ITT Corporation Jacoby Johnson & Johnson Kennameta l Inc. King Pharmaceuticals Koller Enterprises, Inc. KPL KTH Parts Industries, Inc. Labconco Corporation Label Vision Systems, Inc Lake Shore Cryotonics , Inc. Ledford Enterprises Inc. Lexmark International Inc. Life Technologies Lockheed Martin Corporation Lord Corporation LUXIM Corp. Macrolink, Inc. Marlin Steel Wire Products LLC Masco Corporat ion Materials Processing, Inc. Mead Johnson Nutrition Meda Pharmaceuticals Inc. MedImmune, LLC MetricStream , Inc. MI Technologies Microsoft Corporation Military Personnel Services Corp Milliken & Co. Mind Over Machines, Inc. Minitab, Inc. Modern Technology Solutions , Inc. Mystic Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Nabi Biopharmaceuticals National Instruments Corporation National Semiconductor Corporation

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Na vistar International Corporation NetApp, Inc . Neuronascent, Inc . Nokia Inc . Novalar Pharmaceuticals, Inc . Novavax , Inc . Novo Nordisk Inc . Nu- Wool Co ., Inc. NXP Semiconductors USA Inc O.S. Walker Company ON Semiconductor Corporation Oracle PCTEL, Inc . Pendergast & Company Pet Doors U.S.A., Inc. Pfizer Inc Phoenix Closures, Inc. Phoenix Technologies Ltd. Phycal Porta-King Building Systems PowerGenix PPG Industries, Inc . Prab, Inc . Qualcomm Inc. Quality Float Works, Inc . Quark, Inc. R.C. BIGELOW, INC . Radix Wire Company Rapid Displays Raytheon Company Red Bud Industries, Inc . RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc . Revision Eyewear Rincon Research Corporation Rockwell Automation Rockwell Collins Roos Instruments, Inc. Rosetta Stone Inc . RSM McGladrey, Inc . S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc . Salesforce.com sanofi -aventis U.S. SAS Scheer Partners, Inc. Schering Plough

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc . Sealed Air Corporation Serious Materials, Inc . Signal Metal Industries, Inc . Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation Solers , Inc. Southwest Foundation for Biomedical

Research Star Cutter Company Stryker Corporation Sunrise Telecom Superior Graphite Co. Supertex, Inc. Sutphen Corporation SVB Financial Group Sybase, Inc. Symantec Corporation Synaptics Incorporated Synopsys, Inc. Takeda Pharmaceuticals Technical Materials Inc. TechUSA LLC TEKSA Innovations Corp. Teradata Corporation Terex Corporation Texas Instruments Incorporated Textron Inc. The Boeing Company The Dow Chemical Company The Schwan Food Company The Security Board The Timken Company The Toro Company Timension, Inc . To yota TradeSource, Inc. Tramco, Inc. TransAct Technologies Incorporated Transportation Costing Group Trimble Navigation Limited TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc . TRUMPF, Inc. Unilever United States United Technologies Corporation Universal Avionics Systems Corporation

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Valicore Technologies, Inc. Valmont Industries, Inc. VASCO Data Security International, Inc. VeriFone, Inc Verizon Vermeer Corporation ViaGen, Inc. ViaSat, Inc. Vical Incorporated Virgin America Vitex Systems Voss Industries, Inc.

Walker Magnetics Group WESCO Distribution, Inc. Westside Finishing Co., Inc. Williams-Pyro, Inc. Wood's Powr-Grip Co., Inc. Wyeth XenoPort, Inc Xerox Corporation Xilinx, Inc. Z Microsystems, Inc. Zimmer, Inc