Nine-year-old Alison Kimball of Big Flats went to Washington to lobby Senators Schumer and Clinton, and Representative Kuhl. Alison is an insulin-dependent diabetic and she wants Congress to re-authorize the Special Diabetes program, which provides $150 million a year in research funding. The reauthorization would increase that amount to $200 million per year.
For those of you who want to check up on Alison's bill, it's HR 2762 in the House and S 1494 in the Senate. It's in committee in both houses.