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This is the best time of year to meet with your Member of Congress! It's August recess from Capitol Hill and your Member is in your home district now. The CPF encourages you to schedule a meeting to ask for his/her support of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act (H.R. 1079).
Have a face-to-face meeting with your U.S. Representative and share your personal story of your connection to PF and personally ask for your Member of Congress' support of H.R. 1079, the first legislation that will directly help PF patients! If your member is already a co-sponsor, visit him/her and thank them for their support.
We are providing the documents you need to make your meeting even more successful! All you need to do is meet with your Member of Congress and ask for their support and just leave behind a copy of the documents found in the link below: http://cpf.convio.net/site/DocServer/About_PF_with_PFREA_summary_in_one_document.doc?docID=301
To see if your Member of Congress currently supports the bill and is a co-sponsor, go to: http://thomas.loc.gov/ look under "Legislation for Latest Congress" and type in "H.R. 1079" in the search box; then click the "bill number" radio button and then "Search".
PF Awareness Week is set for September 14-21, 2009. The CPF encourages you to also plan activities in your hometown that week to raise awareness amongst your friends, family, co-workers, colleagues and neighbors about PF. Come up with a creative way to celebrate PF Week and spread the word about PF! Then, share it with us! Maybe we'll feature your PF Week story in our newsletter or on the CPF website! Just send your idea to tbarnes@coalitionforpf.org.
Thank you for your help with this important effort!
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