Mr Jonas goes to Washington… and meets President Obama
Ξ June 25th, 2009 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |
Nick Jonas has gone to Washington DC to speak to President Obama about federal funding for diabetes research.
The youngest member of the Jonas Brothers was pictured at the White House with the US leader and children who are living with diabetes.
Jonas, 16, is a sufferer and is currently starring in TV adverts about the disease.
This week he joins boxer Sugar Ray Leonard and actress Mary Tyler Moore as the trio testify before a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on federal funding for diabetes research.
Leonard doesn’t personally have the disease, which has affected his family, but Moore does.
Jonas, who first revealed he has Type 1 diabetes while performing at a Diabetes Research Institute fundraising in 2007, also had a private meeting with Frank Lautenberg the Democratic senator from New Jersey.
Source: Splash News