Expressing support for the designation of September 2024 as "Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month" in order to educate communities across the United States about sickle cell disease and the need for…
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This resolution expresses support for the goals and ideals of Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month and encourages the President to support access to innovative therapies for the disease. Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder than can lead to pain, anemia, infections, and stroke.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Foster, Bill
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Grijalva, Raúl M.
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Thompson, Bennie G.
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Wilson, Frederica S.
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Budzinski, Nikki
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Carter, Troy A.
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McClellan, Jennifer L.
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Adams, Alma S.
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Amo, Gabe
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Burgess, Michael
Bush, Cori
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Carson, André
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Clarke, Yvette D.
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Cleaver, Emanuel
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
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Kelly, Robin L.
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Kennedy, Timothy M.
Lee, Barbara
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
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Plaskett, Stacey E.
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Sewell, Terri A.
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Soto, Darren
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Tlaib, Rashida
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Williams, Nikema
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 1495: Expressing support for the designation of September 2024 as "Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month" in order to educate communities across the United States about sickle cell disease and the need for research, early detection methods, effective treatments, and preventative care programs with respect to complications from sickle cell disease and conditions related to sickle cell disease.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-1495/
"H. Res. 1495: Expressing support for the designation of September 2024 as "Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month" in order to educate communities across the United States about sickle cell disease and the need for research, early detection methods, effective treatments, and preventative care programs with respect to complications from sickle cell disease and conditions related to sickle cell disease.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-1495/.
H. Res. 1495, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-1495/.
[H. Res. 1495: Expressing support for the designation of September 2024 as "Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month" in order to educate communities across the United States about sickle cell disease and the need for research, early detection methods, effective treatments, and preventative care programs with respect to complications from sickle cell disease and conditions related to sickle cell disease.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-1495/)