Legislative + Public Policy Priorities

Below are the National Breast Cancer Coalition's legislative and public policy priorities for 2008.

Click on any description to view details of each priority including supporting legislation, bill co-sponsor lists, testimony and press releases.

1 Guaranteed access to quality healthcare for all. We will not end breast cancer until all women have guaranteed access to quality health care regardless of their ability to pay.
   
2 $150 million dollar appropriation for the Department of Defense (DoD) peer-reviewed Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) for fiscal year (FY) 2007.
   
3 Passage of legislation that would authorize funding for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to research links between breast cancer and the environment.
   
4 Preservation of the Medicaid Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program.

For more information, please visit: www.stopbreastcancer.org.

Write to your Legislators
Letters to Members of Congress have been one of the most powerful tools for breast cancer advocates and are considered to be more effective than phone calls and e-mail. Congressional staff members generally respond to every letter and consider them to be a very important measure of constituent opinion. The number of letters that have streamed into Congressional offices on the issue of breast cancer often have made a critical difference in gaining a legislator's support.

To identify your legislator and learn about current issues, status of legislation, etc. For more information, please visit www.thomas.loc.gov.

Florida Congressional Delegation

To a Senator:
The Honorable (full name)
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
  To a The Honorable (full name)
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
 
THE SENATE
 
Mel Martinez
Republican
District: 2
Phone: 202-224-3041
Fax: 202-228-5772
356 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Room: SR-C2
  Bill Nelson
Democrat
District: 1
Phone: 202-224-5274
Fax: 202-228-2183
716 Heart Office Senate Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Room: SH-716
 
THE HOUSE
 
Jeff Miller
Republican
District: 1
Phone: 202-225-4136
Fax: 202-225-3414
324 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: CHOB-324
  Allen Boyd
Democrat
District: 2
Phone: 202-225-5235
Fax: 202-225-5612
1227 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: LHOB-1227
 
Corrine Brown
Democrat
District: 3
Phone: 202-225-0123
Fax: 202-225-2256
2444 Raybum House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: RHOB-2444
  Ander Crenshaw
Republican
District: 4
Phone: 202-225-2501
Fax: 202-225-2504
127 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: CHOB-127
 
Ginny Brown-Waite
Republican
District: 5
Phone: 202-225-1002
Fax: 202-226-6559
414 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: CHOB-414
  Cliff Stearns
Republican
District: 6
Phone: 202-225-5744
Fax: 202-225-3973
2370 Raybum House Office Buidling
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: RHOB-2370
 
John Mica
Republican
District: 7
Phone: 202-225-4035
Fax: 202-226-0821
2313 Raybum House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: RHOB-2313
  Ric Keller
Republican
District: 8
Phone: 202-225-2176
Fax: 202-226-2048
419 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: CHOB-419
 
Michael Bilirakis
Republican
District: 9
Phone: 202-225-5755
Fax: 202-225-4085
1630 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: LHOB 1630
  Bill Young
Republican
District: 10
Phone: 202-225-5961
Fax: 202-225-9764
2407 Raybum House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: RHOB-2407
 
Kathy Castor
Democrat
District: 11
Phone: (202) 225-3376
Fax: (202) 225-5652
317 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: CHOB-317
  Adam Putnam
Republican
District: 12
Phone: 202-225-1252
Fax: 202-226-0585
1725 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: LHOB-1725
 
Vern Buchanan
Republican
District: 13
Phone: (202) 225-5015
Fax: (202) 226-0828
1516 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: LHOB-1516
  Connie Mack
Republican
District: 14
Phone: 202-225-2536
Fax: 202-226-0439
115 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: CHOB-115
 
Dave Weldon
Republican
District: 15
Phone: 202-225-3671
Fax: 202-225-3516
2347 Raybum House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: RHOB-2347
  Tim Mahoney
Democrat
District: 16
Phone: 202-225-5792
Fax: 202-225-3132
1541 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: LHOB-1541
 
Kendrick Meek
Democrat
District: 17
Phone: 202-225-4506
Fax: 202-226-0777
1039 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: LHOB-1039
  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican
District: 18
Phone: 202-225-3931
Fax: 202-225-5620
2160 Raybum House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: RHOB-2160
 
Robert Wexler
Democrat
District: 19
Phone: 202-225-3001
Fax: 202-225-5974
213 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: CHOB-213
 

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democrat
District: 20
Phone: 202-225-7931
Fax: 202-226-2052
118 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: CHOB-118

 
Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Republican
District: 21
Phone: 202-225-4211
Fax: 202-225-8576
2244 Raybum House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: RHOB-2244
  Ron Klein
Democrat
District: 22
Phone: 202-225-3026
Fax: 202-225-8398
313 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: CHOB-313
 
Alcee Hastings
Democrat
District: 23
Phone: 202-225-1313
Fax: 202-225-1171
2353 Raybum House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: RHOB-2353
  Tom Feeney
Republican
District: 24
Phone: 202-225-2706
Fax: 202-226-6299
323 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: CHOB-323
 
Mario Diaz-Balart
Republican
District: 25
Phone: 202-225-2778
Fax: 202-226-0346
328 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Room: CHOB-313
 

Other Links
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