Credit Where Credit is Due
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.
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My dad suffers from this diesease, so while I profoundly disagree on Castle’s partisianship and party alliance, I applaud his efforts on these matters and will be writing other members of Congress urging their support. If any of Castle’s people read this blog (unlikely), THANKS!
He tends to be on the right side (the correct side) of things like this and he probably would have nade a decent Democrat at one point.
He has sold his soul, however, and is a dependable rubber stamp for the radical GOP leadership when push comes to shove and I guess I’m still a little surprised about that.
It would be classy to just wish Castle’s bill Godspeed and move on. Let’s slam Castle the next time he does something cowardly and sycophantic. This is not it.
Ask me not the breath why dontcha?
Nice job.
Reward good behavior.