Three weeks after he made one of the most challenging, significant, memorable shots in NBA history, Ray Allen took a shot at accomplishing an even more difficult feat: convincing Congress to back something on a bipartisan basis.
On July 10, the Miami Heat guard was on Capitol Hill, serving as a witness before the Senate Special Committee on Aging. He was there to advocate for a renewal of the $150 million in annual funding for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Special Diabetes Program (SDP) beyond the current expiration date of Sept. 30, 2014. Juvenile diabetes has been the cause closest to Allen's heart, since his son Walker was diagnosed with the disease in 2008.
Prior to returning to Washington D.C. for a preseason game against the Wizards, Allen spoke to Bleacher Report about his experience.
"It was a pretty amazing time, because there were kids from over all the world, Europe, Asia, Australia, and we sit down and all these kids are sitting in the lower bowl," Allen said. "And the Senate Committee is sitting up in their chairs. We had scientists up there talking about the advancements t ...
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Ray Allen, Champion for Diabetes Research, Goes Back to Washington
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