Contact your Legislators about the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Enhancement Act
Please write to your legislators urging them to co-sponsor the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Enhancement Act! We encourage you to send letters via e-mail -- please e-mail a copy of your letter to advocacy@ccfa.org, so we know how many letters have been sent. If you do not know who your members of Congress are, please go to www.congress.org and enter your zip code, or call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at 202-225-3121 to get your legislators' names and e-mail addresses.
Following are sample letters you can send to your local legislators. The letters will be even more effective if you include information about your personal experience of Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis.
NEW! Information for the Senate: This bill was introduced in the Senate on May 15, 2007.
Sample letter (Word document format) that asks your local representatives to co-sponsor S.1398
Full text of the proposed Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Enhancement Act
For updated information on the status of the bill in the Senate, including the number of co-sponsors, visit the bill's status page at thomas.loc.gov. The number of co-sponsors is listed next to the bill's sponsor, Senator Harry Reid. To see the full list, click on the "Cosponsors" link.
Information for the House of Representatives:
Sample letter (Word document format) that asks your local representatives to co-sponsor H.R.1113
Full text of the proposed Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Enhancement Act
For updated information on the status of the bill in the House of Representatives, including the number of co-sponsors, visit the bill's status page at thomas.loc.gov. The number of co-sponsors is listed next to the bill's sponsor, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. To see the full list, click on the "Cosponsors" link.
If you have any questions, please send a note to advocacy@ccfa.org by e-mail.
Thank you very much for your advocacy in support of this historic legislation.
Please write to your legislators urging them to co-sponsor the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Enhancement Act! We encourage you to send letters via e-mail -- please e-mail a copy of your letter to advocacy@ccfa.org, so we know how many letters have been sent. If you do not know who your members of Congress are, please go to www.congress.org and enter your zip code, or call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at 202-225-3121 to get your legislators' names and e-mail addresses. 
