As the 119th Congress returns today from its fall recess and midterm election campaign season, Prevent Blindness calls on them to advance vision and eye health priorities before the new Congress takes office in January.
We also urge Congress to build on its bipartisan progress and permanently block Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s proposed changes to federal grantmaking, which would potentially create instability for nonprofits and threaten essential programs that prevent vision loss, expand access to eye care, and advance research into blinding eye diseases. For more information on this and other legislative priorities, visit the Prevent Blindness Legislative Action Center.
“Prevent Blindness appreciates Congress’s bipartisan support of our key advocacy priority, the EDVI Act for children’s vision and eye health, as well as several key bills that will improve access to sight-saving care and critical investments in vision health research and surveillance,” said Jeff Todd, President and CEO, Prevent Blindness. “With a new Congress on our horizon, now is the time to finish the work that has already begun and enjoys broad stakeholder support.”
For more information about Prevent Blindness’s advocacy agenda, including the EDVI Act, please contact Sara Everett Brown, Senior Director, Government Affairs ([email protected]) or visit preventblindness.org/advocacy.
