Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY) are just two of the more than 100 members of the House and Senate whose firsthand experience with asthma generates funding for programs and research from both sides of the aisle.

No strangers to peak flow meters, nebulizers, and inhalers, Kennedy and Engel tackle tough issues on our behalf: clean air in office buildings and schools, more school nurses, children's rights to carry and use inhalers while at school, access to specialty care, and improved monitoring of asthma deaths, hospitalizations, and emergency treatments in America.

Representative Patrick Kennedy: Overcoming the Challenge

Representative Eliot Engel: Fighting the Good Fight