Business Name     Address                                                                 Amount

Kroger 12-15-06
1014 Vine Street Cincinnati OH 45202                                                $1,000.00

National Assoc of Chain Drug Stores 10-10-07
413 North Lee Street Alexandria VA 22314                                            $250.00

Pfizer, Inc 10-17-07
235 East 42nd Street New York NY 10017                                          $1,000.00

Walgreen's 10-28-07
104 Wilmot Road, MS 1444 Deerfield IL 60015                                     $500.00

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp 10-03-07
One Health Plaza East Hanover NJ 07936                                            $500.00

Waste Management Service Center 11-05-07
P.O. Box 3027 Houston TX 77253                                                      $1,000.00

Kraft Foods Global, Inc 11-16-07
Three Lakes Drive Northfield IL 60093                                                   $500.00

Anheuser-Bush Cos., Inc 11-26-07
One Bush Place St. Louis MO 63118                                                  $2,000.00

Eli Lilly and Company Political Action Committee 12-05-07
639 S Delaware Street Indianapolis IN 46285                                        $500.00

Idaho Power Company 12-05-07
P.O. Box 70 Boise ID 83707                                                                   $500.00

Philip Morris USA, Inc 12-05-07
P.O. Box 26603 Richamond VA 23261                                                $1,000.00

BNSF Railway Company 01-08-08
2500 Lou Menk Drive, AOB-3 Forth Worth TX 76131                             $500.00

AT&T 01-08-08
PO Box 97061 Redmond WA 98073                                                   $1,000.00

Reynolds American 01-08-08
PO Box 2990 Winson-Salem NC 27102                                              $2,000.00

Pharmaceutical Research 02-01-08
and Manufacturers of America
950 F Street NW Washington DC 20004                                                $500.00

Comcast 02-01-08
1500 Market St. Philadelphia PA 19102                                                 $500.00

Motorola 04-02-08
3205 N. Wilke Rd. Arlington Hts. IL 60004                                              $500.00

UST Public Affairs, Inc 7-16-08
6 High Ridge Park, Building A Stamford CT 06905                             $3,500.00


State Senator Betsy Johnson is not alone when receiving out of state contributions, many of her colleagues receive contributions from the same contributors as she does. Some receive contributions from other out of state individuals and or corporations. Some will say that I have purposely named the good senator from District 16 as a personal attack. I assure you that is not the case. I decided to list her out of state contributions because I live in district 16. Any out of state money given to our elected officials troubles me. What troubles me worse, why would a Oregon politician want out of state money? What has an Oregon state senator got to gain by accepting out of state money? How does it benefit the good citizens of Oregon? After all these senators make legislation for our state not a nation.
Have the contributions from the "pharmaceutical' companies helped the people of district 16 or the state as a whole? So far, we do not have health care for all, prescriptions costs have increased dramatically over the last several years, total health care has sky rocketed, and thousands of Oregonians have no health care insurance and the others have lost coverage. I cannot see how these contributions have made a positive difference to the lives of everyday Oregonians.
What does these drug companies have to gain by donating to our state leaders? These questions should be asked and our elected officials should have a reasonable answer.