I kēia lā, ʻo Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17), ʻo Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) a me Chuck Schumer (D-NY) i koi aku i ka mea liʻiliʻi. Kālepa'Olepaina (FAA) e koi i nā mokulele ʻoihana ʻoihana US e hoʻopili pū me nā epinephrine auto-injectors i kā lākou pahu pahu lāʻau kūpilikiʻi (EMK).
I loko o kā lākou leka, i hoʻouna ʻia i kēia pule ma hope o ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka FAA i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a ka ʻAerospace Medical Association (AsMA) no nā ʻike EMK, ua hoʻomaikaʻi aku ʻo Khanna lāua ʻo Duckworth i kēia hana mua e ka FAA a ua kāhea pū aku nō hoʻi i ka ʻoihana e neʻe i mua a hōʻano hou i ka papa inoa ʻike no ka papa. E hoʻokomo ʻo EMK i nā mea hoʻokomo auto-epinephrine, e like me ka ʻōlelo a AsMA.
"ʻO ke koʻikoʻi, ka makaʻu a me ka makaʻu nui a nā ʻohana miliona mau meaʻai āpau e hoʻomanawanui ai he hiki ʻole ke noʻonoʻo ʻia, ke kū nei lākou i ka lewa me ka ʻole o ke komo maʻamau i nā pono pilikia," wahi a Rep. Khanna. "Haʻaheo wau e hana pū me Senator Duckworth e noi aku i ka Federal Aviation Administration e hoʻomaopopo i ka pono ākea e hoʻolako i nā pahu lāʻau lapaʻau o nā mokulele me nā autoinjectors epinephrine. He ala maʻalahi kēia e hoʻopakele i ke ola he nui ʻole. ”
"He paʻakikī ka huakaʻi ʻana me nā maʻi āpau loa akā, me ke kiʻi ʻole i ka lāʻau kūpono, hiki ke make pū kekahi," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Sen. Duckworth. nā mea hoʻokomo i EMK. ”
"ʻO ka wahi maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻouka hoʻoweliweli hoʻoweliweli ola a i ʻole ka hopena o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana he midflight, he ʻumi tausani mau kapuaʻi i ka lewa," wahi a Sen. Schumer. "ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana i nā mokulele āpau me nā epinephrine auto-injectors hiki ke lilo i mea ola maoli. I mea e palekana ai ka lehulehu i ka lewa, pono ka FAA e hana wikiwiki e koi ai i nā mea hoʻokomo ʻino epinephrine i loko o nā pahu lapaʻau pilikia.
Ua lilo ʻo Rep. Khanna i mea kōkua i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka hoʻokūkū no ka hoʻonui kālā ʻana i ka noiʻi a me ka maʻi lapaʻau. I ka Fiscal Year 2020 Appropriations omnibus bila, ua kōkua ʻo Khanna i ka hoʻonui ʻana o $ 362 miliona i ke kālā no ka National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) ma ka National Institute of Health (NIH) me kahi kuhikuhi e hoʻopukapuka i ka noiʻi allergy meaʻai, a me kahi $ 10 miliona hou aʻe no ka Polokalamu ʻImi ʻImi Lapaʻau Peer-loiloi ʻia (PRMRP) ma lalo o ka 'Oihana o Pale Kaua. Ua hiki iā Khanna ke hoʻopaʻa i ka ʻae no ka noi ʻana i nā meaʻai āpau ma loko o ka PRMRP.
ʻO Sen. Duckworth ka lālā kūlana o ka Senate Commerce, ʻEpekema a me ke Komite Hoʻokele ma ka halihali a me ka palekana, kahi i kākoʻo ikaika ai no ka palekana mokulele. I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ʻo Sen. Duckworth a me Alakaʻi Minority Senate ʻo Charles Schumer (D-NY) kapaia ma ka ʻoihana mokulele e hoʻohuli i kāna mau hana e pale ai i nā mokulele mai ke koi ʻia e lawe i nā lāʻau hoʻōla ola, e like me nā Epinephrine auto-injectors, i loko o nā pahu lapaʻau pilikia.
