WASHINGTON, D.C (WHTC) – Rock legend Roger Daltrey of The Who is expected to join U.S. Rep. Fred Upton today for a “Conversation on Child Cures” panel discussion in Washington, D.C.
Daltrey is co-founder of Teen Cancer America, is headlining the event. Congressman Fred Upton of St. Joseph, is chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and will lead the panel discussion along with Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo.
The event will feature patients and advocates, including Sarah Kennedy, a Mattawan woman whose two daughters, Brooke and Brielle, are battling Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
The event comes just a week after Upton, DeGette and other members of the Energy and Commerce Committee met with Vice President Joe Biden at the White House to discuss the 21st Century Cures legislative effort, which is seeking to spur safer cures and treatments for patients, especially children and young adults.
