During the annual event, volunteers advocated for the PASTEUR Act and the HELP Copays Act, two bipartisan pieces of legislation that could have substantial, positive impact on the CF community.
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Bill will jump-start rebuilding of the antibiotics pipeline that is vital to stave off a looming pandemic.
More than 60 teens from across the country — 25 of whom live with cystic fibrosis — participated online and on Capitol Hill in the Foundation’s Teen Advocacy Day to advocate for the CF community.
Vertex’s copay assistance changes add an undue burden for people living with an already expensive, challenging lifelong disease.
After more than six years of dedicated service as co-chair of the Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus, Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) has stepped down from the post as he assumes new responsibilities in the U.S. Senate. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) will replace Markey, joining Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA) as co-chair of the Caucus.
After more than six years of dedicated service as co-chair of the Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus, Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) has stepped down from the post as he assumes new responsibilities in the U.S. Senate. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) will replace Markey, joining Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA) as co-chair of the Caucus.
More than 60 CF Foundation volunteers came together in Washington, D.C. to speak with their elected officials on behalf of friends and family members affected by the disease during March on the Hill, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's signature annual advocacy event.
Teen volunteers from 27 states across the country gathered in Washington, D.C., on June 26 to advocate for friends and loved ones who have cystic fibrosis during the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's sixth annual Teen Advocacy Day.
In 2014, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and advocates across the country played a vital role in shaping issues important to the CF community. CF advocates attended more than 500 meetings with elected officials and sent them more than 60,000 messages advocating on behalf of people with CF.
In August, CF Advocates visited their representatives in the U.S. House as part of the CF Foundation's first ever national summer advocacy campaign, “House Calls.”