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Southern California Chapter Takes MS Advocacy to Capitol Hill  

Southern California MS Activists traveled to Washington, DC in March and visited with members of Congress to represent the interests of those affected by multiple sclerosis.

At the Society's 2009 MS Public Policy Conference, Chapter volunteers Carolyn Olney and Kim Phillips, accompanied by staff members Denise Nowack, Cheryl Roberto-Lvovsky and Leon LeBuffe, met with Congresswoman Lois Capps and other key legislators at the nation’s capitol. Teams of advocates, in a sea of orange, created a buzz in several Southern California Congressional District Offices.

During these visits, MS Activists urged Congress to:

• Undertake comprehensive and meaningful healthcare reform in the 111^th Congress
• Allocate $15 million for MS research from the Congressionally Directed Medical Programs
• Establish a national MS disease registry for accurate information about its incidence and prevalence

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