Castle Introduces Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act of 2009
Landmark Bill Would Create National Patient Registry, Increase Public Awareness of Deadly Lung Disease
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) is excited to announce a pivotal time in our national pulmonary fibrosis (PF) advocacy program — the introduction of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act of 2009 (PFREA) in the 111th Congress. The PFREA, H.R. 1079, represents the first Congressional legislation to increase federal funding of PF — a progressive and ultimately fatal disease affecting more than 128,000 Americans. The PFREA was introduced by two members of the House of Representatives who know personally the impact of PF. Congressmen Brian Baird (D-WA) and Mike Castle (R-DE), have both lost family members to the disease. The bill will fund the creation of a national PF patient registry, and call on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand and intensify PF research efforts.
These kinds of things are nice – but we all know that when the chips are down, Castle is a Republican first and a Delawarean second.
There should be no more doubt in anyone’s mind that Mike Castle is wholly owned by John Boehner.