National Eye Institute's 40th Anniversary and new Health and Human Services Secretary

The Co-Chairs of the Congressional Vision Caucus (CVC) circulated a Dear Colleague letter this week to other members of the CVC, urging their colleagues to join Representatives Baldwin and Sessions in recognizing the 40th anniversary of the National Eye Institute. Representative Baldwin introduced House Resolution 366 on April 27 to acknowledge this milestone anniversary and to designate 2010-2020 as the Decade of Vision.

Prevent Blindness America thanks Representative Baldwin and her HR 366 co-sponsors for recognizing vision impairment and eye disease as a major public health problem. We applaud the National Eye Institute for playing a critical role as a leader in prevention research benefiting adults and children and for continuing to raise awareness about vision and eye health through the upcoming Decade of Vision.

Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius was confirmed and sworn in as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services earlier this week. Prevent Blindness America looks forward to working with Secretary Sebelius in this time of health care reform.

For more information about Prevent Blindness America's position on health care reform and our policy agenda for the First Session of the 111th Congress, go to: http://tiny.cc/8okzj.