National HHT Awareness Month
The HHT Foundation is thrilled to announce that the Senate has introduced S. Res. 141 which recognizes June 2009 as the first National HHT Awareness Month. This was a bi-partisan effort with Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota introducing the bill and Senator Robert Bennett of Utah is the co-sponsor. We are grateful to Senator Johnson and Senator Bennett and their staff for the effort they put forth on HHT’s behalf.
It is very important to gain co-sponsorship from your Senators on this resolution. Senator Johnson and Senator Bennett are sending a Dear Colleague letter out to their colleagues in the Senate to gain co-sponsorship for this resolution. A sample letter has been created for your convenience that you can customize to send to your Senators to ask them to co-sponsor the resolution.
Click on the links below to read more about the specific documents.
HHT Month Dear Colleague Letter
National HHT Month Senate Resolution 141
HHT Sample Support Letter S. Res 141
How to identify your Senators and their contact information. Congress.org is an excellent resource for finding out the identity of your Senators and House Representative as well as their contact and background information. To access this information, click on the link below. When it opens to the home page, click on “Congress” on the left navigation bar.
Call to Action: Please call your respective Senate offices and ask them to join Senators Johnson and Bennett by co-sponsoring S. Res 141 or customize the sample letter and fax or email it to their office.
As a Constituent, it is so important that your Senators hear from you! Thank you for your support of this important effort. If you have any questions, please feel free to email or call me at the HHT office. Please send a copy of your letter to me at the office.
Thank you.
Sharon Williams
Legislative & Regional Networking Manager
sharon.williams@hht.org
phone 1-800-448-6389
fax 410-357-0655
