All members of Congress need and want to be educated by their constituents. And, if your representative is a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, you can impact key health legislation. Securing Congressional report language. Through this report language, Congress encourages the NIH to conduct further research in the area of heritable disorders of connective tissue. Your letters do count.
All Congressional mail is opened, read and noted for the issues it addresses.
In the past, other organizations and foundations have conducted effective letter writing campaigns. By sending in hundreds of letters, they have been able to gain the important attention of the House Appropriations Subcommittee. Please encourage your family and friends to join the NMF's letter writing campaign. If you are a member of an NMF chapter or support group, you may want to consider doing a letter writing campaign at one of your meetings. In your letters, be sure to acknowledge the representative's support and activities in your local community, whether they are related to the Marfan syndrome or not.