By Christopher M. Davis, Analyst on Congress and the Legislative Process, Congressional Research Service, update May 20, 2019, p. 1, The Legislative Process on the House Floor: An Introduction The Nature of the Rules Article I of the Constitution imposes a few restrictions on House (and Senate) procedures—for example, requirements affecting quorums and roll-call votes—but otherwise the Constitution authorizes each …
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No Time to Lose: Advocacy Group Makes Congressional Hearing Request for Jace Ward, Diagnosed with the Deadliest Pediatric Cancer.
Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, Santa Clarita, CA–Today a 2nd Hearing Request Letter was sent by the DIPG Advocacy Group to the Energy and Commerce Committee in US Congress for Jace Ward, a 20 year-old pre-law student from Wamego KS, diagnosed on May 17 of 2019 with DIPG, notorious for its less than 1% long-term survival rate. Ironically, this is the …
Special Delivery…
BethAnn Telford, an endurance athlete and brain cancer survivor, advocate for brain cancer patients–especially children, made a special delivery for the DIPG Advocacy Group this past week on Capitol Hill. A letter to the leadership of the Energy and Commerce Committee in the House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House, and Committee Staff was first drafted on October 18th …
To Members of the Childhood Cancer Caucus and House Leadership in Matters Affecting America’s Children
Re: H. Res. 114, the DIPG Awareness Resolution, #Moonshot4Kids Sept. 7, 2019 To the Congressional Caucus for Childhood Cancer and all Members of elevated influence in the House of Representatives concerning America’s children: Thank you for considering this letter and the H. Res. 114 information being distributed among all members of the House of Representatives. Because of your position of …
To the Leadership of the House of Representatives H. Res. 114, the DIPG Awareness Resolution
Sept. 3, 2019 To the Honorable Speaker Pelosi (CA-14) of the House of Representatives, to House Majority Leader Hoyer(MD-5), House Minority Leader McCarthy(CA-23), and to the Honorable House Majority and Minority Whips, James Clyburn(SC-6) and Steve Scalise(LA-1): To Chairman Pallone(NJ-6) and Ranking Member Walden (OR-2) of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Chairman Eshoo(D-18) and Ranking Member Burgess (TX-26) …
To the Members of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Sub-Committee on Health
The missing ingredient is greater public awareness to the chronic lack of adequate research funding for pediatric cancers, most of which are deadly, marginalized as rare, and devoid of solutions. Thank you for considering this and the attached information being distributed among all members of the House of Representatives. Your position on the Committee, and consideration of support for this …