Attorney Michael Haggard testifies before Congress on World Kidney Day

Testifying before the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies today, Attorney with The Haggard Law Firm, Michael Haggard highlighted unprecedented scientific momentum achieved in the field of Polycystic Kidney Disease and the amazing return on investments made by the federal government. Haggard’s testimony also marks World Kidney Day and the importance of finding treatments or cures for this devastating disease.

“Polycystic Kidney Disease research can serve as a model when setting standards to find treatments or cures for other serious, life threatening diseases,” said PKD Foundation Board Member and PKD patient, Michael Haggard, Esq.

The PKD Foundation has worked to create unique public and industry partnerships to stimulate PKD research. In addition, PKD families across the nation have become more engaged in grass roots advocacy. Their efforts, along with the unprecedented scientific momentum currently underway in PKD research, have prompted Congress to adopt increasingly supportive Congressional Appropriations report language for PKD for 18 consecutive years.

“This effort is vitally important for hundreds of thousands of individuals with PKD, including my own family,” said Haggard. “I want the legacy I leave my two children and future generations of my family to not include the suffering caused by PKD.”