ADVISORY/Football Greats Rams Coach Mike Martz, 49ers Wide Receiver Terrell Owens To Testify at Senate Hearing on Alzheimer's Disease.Sports Editors/Business Editors/Football Writers & Columnists ADVISORY...for Tues. (Apr. 1) --(BUSINESS WIRE) News Advisory: -- 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 1, Room 216 Hart Senate Office Building -- Owens and Martz Available for Interviews, Call Contact to Arrange Two of the National Football League's greatest proponents of a high powered offense will call upon Congress to help score a major victory against Alzheimer's by employing the same type of aggressive offensive strategy on the disease that has helped them win on the field. San Francisco 49ers Martz is known for creating complicated offensive schemes, particularly in the passing game. , whose late mother had Alzheimer's, headline a group of experts and people living with Alzheimer's who will testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1 in Room 216 Hart Senate Office Building The Hart Senate Office Building, the third U.S. Senate office building, was built in the 1970s. First occupied in November 1982, the Hart Building is the largest of the Senate office buildings. It is named for Philip A. Hart, long-time senator from Michigan. . "I have seen first hand how devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. this disease can be and we need to do everything possible to find a cure and keep people and families from suffering through something so painful," said Owens. "We are urging Congress and the President to increase Alzheimer research funding Research funding is a term generally covering any funding for scientific research, in the areas of both "hard" science and technology and social science. The term often connotes funding obtained through a competitive process, in which potential research projects are evaluated and to $1 billion a year so that we improve our chances of finding a cure." Current funding levels at the National Institutes of Health are approximately $650 million." "Before my mother was affected, I did not understand Alzheimer's," said coach Martz. "I am here to tell you that both the financial impact and the emotional impact are devastating for the patients and their families. I surely was not prepared for the emotional impact - watching my own mother lose her mind and her dignity. As of now, there is no hope for patients or their families. We MUST find a way to stop Alzheimer's." DETAILS: 9:30 a.m. -- Congressional Hearing on Alzheimer's Disease Room 216 Hart Senate Office Building Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Subcommittee Senator Arlen Specter (PA), Chair Senator Tom Harkin (IA), Ranking Member 11 a.m. -- Media Availability |
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