Brain Injury Awareness Fair 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. First Floor Foyer of the Rayburn House Office Building Congressional Briefing on “Traumatic Brain Injury and Community Needs” 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 1116 Longworth House Office Building Congressional Reception Celebrating Brain Injury Awareness Day 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. 2105 Rayburn House Office Building Please RSVP by Monday, March 3, 2008, to Hope Mandel [...]
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The Congressional Brain Injury Task Force is hosting a “2008 Brain Injury Awareness Day,” on Capitol Hill, March 12, 2008. To celebrate March as Brain Injury Awareness Month, the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force is hosting a “2008 Brain Injury Awareness Day,” on Wednesday, March 12, 2008, on Capitol Hill. Multiple events are planned, which are designed [...]
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The Exxon Valdez litigation is coming to head….major news this week about the 2 decade long trial and new results on the people of Prince William Sound. When a federal jury in Alaska in 1994 ordered Exxon to pay $5 billion to thousands of people who had their lives disrupted by the massive Exxon Valdez oil [...]
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Also this week, both chambers of Congress held important hearings on efforts to improve health care for returning service members, as well as to improve the veterans’ disability benefits system. BIAA submitted questions and comments in relation to several of the hearings. The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on “Care for Sick and [...]
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The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor-HHS-Ed) held a hearing on Thursday on this year’s proposed budget for the Department of Health and Human Services, featuring HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt as a witness. At the same time, BIAA signed on this week to a coalition letter to the [...]
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By the end of this week, Congress was able to reach a compromise between the House and the Senate and pass a final economic stimulus measure. This measure (H.R. 5140), which is [...]
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Also this week, BIAA submitted a Comment Letter on a Proposed Rule by the Department of Veterans Affairs to overhaul the Schedule for Rating Disability when it comes to TBI. Although BIAA’s letter acknowledges that [...]
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The President released his Fiscal 2009 Budget on Monday, February 4, and once again, this year’s Budget proposes to eliminate funding for the TBI Act HRSA state grant program. BIAA issued a press [...]
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28. February 2008
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