Next week, hundreds of ACS CAN volunteers from every state will be in Washington, D.C., meeting with lawmakers and calling on Congress to take action on critical legislation to help bring an end to cancer.
Back in 2007, Fort Worth missed the opportunity to create a 100% smoke-free indoor air city. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram talks about this history, our new campaign, and why this year may be different.
Read ACS CAN’s Vice President of Federal Relations Dick Woodruff article in the The Hill that talks about why it’s so important that we improve the quality of life for cancer patients, and why we need lawmakers to hold a hearing on legislation that would help do that.
Florida is falling short when it comes to supporting policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality, Florida measured up to policy recommendations in just one of the 10 issue areas ranked.
During the month of August, Rhode Island volunteers visited all four of our federal delegation to discuss the importance of cancer research funding and deliver petitions they had gathered on the topic.
There is no question that our lawmakers are faced with tough budget decisions. We have to remember the reason these tobacco settlement payments are made each year, and consider long-term solutions to the state’s recurring budget shortfalls.
