Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

Diabetes: Is Sufficient Funding Being Allocated To Fight This Disease

Date: June 26, 2001
Time: 10:00am
Location: SH-216 Hart Senate Office Building

Member Statements

Senator

Carl

Levin

(D -
 MI)

Senator

Susan M.

Collins

(R -
 ME)

Witnesses

Panel I

Mary Tyler

Moore

International Chairman, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Actress, living with diabetes

Panel I

Kevin

Kline

Board Member, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Actor

Accompanied By: Katie Zucker, Age 13

Panel I

Jonathan

Lipnicki

Actor, friend of child with diabetes

Panel I

Captain

James

Lovell

Former NASA Astronaut, son with diabetes

Panel II

Allen

Spiegel, M.D.

Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

National Institute of Health

Panel II

Hugh

Auchincloss, JR., M.D.

Professor of Surgery

Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Panel II

James

Robbins

President and CEO of Cox Communications

Daughter with diabetes

Panel II

Greg

Brenneman

Former Chief Operating Officer of Continental Airlines

Son with diabetes

Panel III

Eliza Jayne

Kiley

Age 5, Delegate, JDRF Children's Congress

Accompanied By Her Mother: Michele Kiley

Panel III

Daniel

Thaller

Age 12, Delegate, JDRF Children's Congress

Accompanied: Cameron Thaller, Age 9 Jessica Thaller, Age 13

Panel III

Caroline

Rowley

Age 11, Delegate

JDRF Children's Congress

Panel III

Rachel

Dudely

Age 15, Delegate, JDRF Children's Congress

Panel III

Andrew

Webber

Age 13, Delegate, JDRF Children's Congress