All our hard work and preparation over this past year has come to fruition today! This morning the Lymphedema Treatment Act was introduced into the 113th Congress (bill number HR 3877) by our lead sponsor, Rep. Reichert (R-WA), and co-leads Rep. Lance (R-NJ), Rep. Blumenauer (D-OR), and Rep. Braley (D-IA).
You can read a very moving press release that includes quotes from each of these members of Congress. This introduction brings us to a new starting line.
Now we need your help asking all members of Congress to support this bill!
Please take 5 minutes to send a letter to your Representative, asking him/her to cosponsor this bill, by using the submission form on our website. A brief template letter is provided, but please make your letter even more effective by adding one personalized paragraph reflecting your own perspective and experiences.
I would like to extend a special “thank you“ to our State Teams in WA, NJ, OR, and IA, whose efforts procured this bipartisan group of strategically chosen Representatives to introduce our bill.
Now it’s your turn to make a difference! Even if your Representative cosponsored the LTA in the 112th Congress, he or she must do so again because bills and cosponsors do not carry over from one Congress to the next.
Thank you in advance for writing your Representative today, urging him or her to cosponsor the LTA, and when you’re done you can use our Tell-A-Friend form to ask others to do the same!
Heather Ferguson
Founder and Executive Director
Lymphedema Advocacy Group
www.LymphedemaTreatmentAct.org
info@LymphedemaTreatmentAct.org
