As a constituent, MS activist and veteran living with MS I urge you to raise the budget caps and fully fund the government budget providing parity for defense and non-defense funding, included in this request I also urge you to:
1. Prioritize medical research funding by maintaining the following increases that have been recommended: $36.2 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and $6 million for the MS Research Program at the Department of Defense.
2. Provide $3.36 million for the Lifespan Respite Care Program to support family caregivers.
3. Provide $5 million for the National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System: a nationwide system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to track the incidence and prevalence of neurological diseases, including MS, which could one day leady to a cure.
Sincerely,
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