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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 3, 2009
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HARPER LAUNCHES PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
ON FRAGILE X SYNDROME
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Gregg Harper (R – Miss.) launched a Public Service Announcement today in support of his 19-year-old son, Livingston who lives with Fragile X and the National Fragile X Foundation Advocacy Day being held Wednesday, March 4th.
“As the only member of Congress who has a child with Fragile X, I understand the challenges that face thousands of families who experience this condition,” said Congressman Gregg Harper. “My wife, Sidney and I are committed to making sure there is increased awareness and funding to help those families who are blessed with a child with Fragile X.”
The NFXF is on Capitol Hill with 130 advocates from 35 states with one goal: to secure the resources necessary to find more effective treatments and ultimately a cure for Fragile X.
To view or hear the Public Service Announcement, please click on the provided links below.
To air the PSA on your television station:
CLICK HERE for MOV (HD – 518 MB)
CLICK HERE for MP4 (HD – 50 MB)
CLICK HERE for MPEG (HD – 250 MB)
To embed the PSA to your website, CLICK HERE to retrieve the code.
To hear the audio file of the PSA, CLICK HERE
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A conservative man of faith and integrity, Gregg was elected in November, 2008 to serve the citizens of Mississippi’s Third Congressional District. Soon after the election, his peers elected him as the only freshman of the Republican Steering Committee in the House of Representatives. Gregg is the only Republican freshman appointed by Republican Minority Leader John Boehner to the Committee on House Administration and also sits on the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on the Budget. Gregg currently resides in Pearl with his wife of 29 years, Sidney, and their two children, Livingston and Maggie, where the Harpers are active members of Crossgates Baptist church.
