The Surface Transportation Authorization Act on Capitol Hill needs your support. We stand with MADD on the vital importance of two issues in that bill that need to get passed. Specifically a measure to require states to intact a bill requiring Ignition Interlock Devices in vehicles owned by every single person convicted of drunk driving. Secondly in the same part of the bill, there is a provision to require...

It’s always encouraging when lawmakers actually take a stand for health concerns that center squarely on trauma research and care. Other diseases trump trauma in a huge way in terms of legislation, research dollars and awareness, yet trauma is the one and only disease that makes the news in every community across this nation every day. I guess we just assume our loved ones will get the best care available...

On May 1st, 2008, Congressman Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY) introduced legislation aimed at stabilizing the nation’s trauma care system. The bill as it stands will (when passed and signed into legislation) will supply grants to Trauma Centers across the US to help defray the costs associated with treating uninsured trauma patients. The bill is a huge step in assuring continued viability within the nations...