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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 [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
May 2007: Major Hurdle Achieved in HHT Legislative Initiative
Our HHT Language, and most importantly, our $8 million Appropriation Request made it into the House and Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education (LHHS) Subcommittee. We are so thankful to Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and Senator Sherrod Brown [...]
April 2007: First Call to Action to HHT Community for FY2008
A mass email was sent from the HHT Foundation to approximately 2,000 HHT members. In this email the Foundation asked each person to send a letter to their Members of Congress. In the email the Foundation provided a [...]
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 [...]
(Congressional Fiscal year 2008 runs from October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008)
What’s Been Accomplished Thus Far
By Sharon Williams, Legislative Advocacy and Regional Networking Alliance Manager
January and February 2007: FY 2008 HHT Legislative Language and Funding Request was established by HHT Foundation.
The HHT Foundation is asking for an $8 million appropriation designation for HHT through [...]
