ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 500 volunteer advocates from the American Diabetes Association will meet with their members of Congress this week, urging their support for increased federal funding for diabetes prevention and research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The advocates will also urge Congress to pass legislation to expand stem cell research (the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, H.R. 810) and to support efforts to protect diabetes health coverage. The advocates are in Washington for the ADA’s biennial Call to Congress, the Association’s premier advocacy effort. This year’s Call to Congress is being held June 7-9, and for the first time, it is taking place in concurrence with the ADA’s 66th annual Scientific Sessions, the largest gathering of diabetes researchers and health professionals in the world.
