Legislative Advocacy 
National HHT Awareness Month(Comments Off)
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 [...]
Full Story»Legislative Advocacy: July/August 2007 Update
July/August 2007: Status as of this writing
The House and Senate Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations subcommittees completed a critical early step in the appropriation process in June with the “marking up” of their spending bills.
The full Senate Appropriations Committee and the full House Appropriations Committee [...]
Legislative Advocacy
May 2007: Specific Call to Action for Constituents with HHT Centers of Excellence in their State.
While every call, letter and/or visit to a member of Congress is important, there are some that are critical. There are 8 HHT Center of Excellence in the United States. They are in: [...]
Legislative Advocacy: Specific Call to Action for Constituents that are represented by members that serve on the Senate or House LHHS Subcommittee
May 2007: Specific Call to Action for Constituents that are represented by members that serve on the Senate or House LHHS Subcommittee
The next step in the process is for the House LHHS and Senate LHHS subcommittee to meet and “mark up the bill”. This is the process whereby the subcommittees analyze [...]
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