Legislative Advocacy: Second Annual HHT Capitol Hill Day
March 2007:
Second Annual HHT Capitol Hill Day
Capitol Hill Day was held March 7th – 8th. With the combined efforts of our HHT members, Board of Directors, Center of Excellence Directors, and our Foundation office staff, the goal of 60 Congressional Office visits was achieved. We had HHT members who returned for their 2nd Capitol Hill Day and many new HHT members joined us for the first time. We were thrilled with the quantity of appointments, but more importantly, the productivity of the meetings was greatly improved. At the conclusion, we left Washington, DC with the knowledge that 60 more members of Congress were educated on HHT and that 12 Senate offices and 13 House offices made statements of varying levels of support for our Legislative Initiative!
Senate House
Ted Kennedy of MA Rosa DeLauro of CT
Christopher Dodd of CT Jim Gerlach of PA
Tom Harkin of IO Patrick Murphy of PA
Arlen Specter of PA Mark Kirk of IL
Robert Bennett of UT Dave Reichert of WA
Orrin Hatch of UT Jerry Lewis of CA
Frank Lautenberg of NJ Lois Capps of CA
Robert Menendez of NJ Stephanie Herseth of SD
Lindsey Graham of SC Jim Matheson of UT
Mary Landrieu of LA Rodney Alexander of LA
Johnny Isakson of GA Chris Cannon of UT
Tim Johnson of SD Ralph Regula of OH
Bart Gordan of TN
