WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper issued the following press release:
Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) to permanently authorize and expand federal funding for Down syndrome research. The bill now heads to the President's desk for his signature.
The DeOndra Dixon INCLUDE Project Act (https://www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/TAM25616.pdf) is named after DeOndra Dixon, the late younger sister of Academy Award-winning actor and Grammy Award-winning musician Jamie Foxx. A Global Down Syndrome Foundation ambassador and Quincy Jones Exceptional Advocacy Awardee, Dixon died in 2020 at ag...