Although most are still virtual, members of Congress are beginning to hold Town Hall meetings again. The Town Hall Project is a great site for finding out about these events.
Right now, there are several upcoming Town Hall meetings with members of Congress who are not yet cosponsoring the Lymphedema Treatment Act. You can see which members haven’t cosponsored the LTA on the list below.
Most Town Halls are announced only one to two weeks in advance, so check the site frequently, or signup through their site to be notified about any upcoming meetings being hosted by your members of Congress.
It’s also a good idea to sign up for your members’ newsletters. You can do so through their websites, which can be found here for the House and here for the Senate. Sometimes constituent events are shared first with, or only with, subscribers.
And as always, you can use our advocacy tools to connect with your members by phone or email, and doing so weekly until they cosponsor is ideal!
Thanks to your persistence, we are gaining cosponsors every week. In case you missed it, in last week’s newsletter I explained why getting to a super majority (290 cosponsors) in the House matters. We are so close, so please keep up the pressure!
Heather Ferguson
Founder & Executive Director
Lymphedema Advocacy Group
LymphedemaTreatmentAct.org
These members are not yet supporting
the Lymphedema Treatment Act:
If you are unsure who your Representative is click here and enter your zip code.
AL-01 Jerry L. Carl 202-225-4931
AL-02 Barry Moore 202-225-2901
AL-03 Mike Rogers 202-225-3261
AL-06 Gary Palmer 202-225-4921
AL-Senate: Richard Shelby, 202-224-5744
AL-Senate: Tommy Tuberville, 202-224-4124
AS (American Samoa) Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen 202-225-8577
AZ-04 Paul A. Gosar 202-225-2315
AZ-05 Andy Biggs 202-225-2635
AZ-06 David Schweikert 202-225-2190
AZ-08 Debbie Lesko 202-225-4576
CA-01 Doug LaMalfa 202-225-3076
CA-03 John Garamendi 202-225-1880
CA-04 Tom McClintock 202-225-2511
CA-07 Ami Bera 202-225-5716
CA-08 Jay Obernolte 202-225-5861
* CA-12 Nancy Pelosi 202-225-4965
CA-14 Jackie Speier 202-225-3531
CA-17 Ro Khanna 202-225-2631
* CA-18 Anna Eshoo 202-225-8104
CA-19 Zoe Lofgren 202-225-3072
CA-22 Devin Nunes 202-225-2523
* CA-23 Kevin McCarthy 202-225-2915
CA-25 Mike Garcia 202-225-1956
CA-30 Brad Sherman 202-225-5911
CA-34 Jimmy Gomez 202-225-6235
CA-37 Karen Bass 202-225-7084
CA-39 Kim Young 202-225-4111
CA-43 Maxine Waters 202-225-2201
CA-50 Darrell Issa 202-225-5672
CA-51 Juan Vargas 202-225-8045
CM (Northern Mariana Islands) Georgio Sablan 202-225-2646
CO-03 Lauren Boebert 202-225-4761
CO-04 Ken Buck 202-225-4676
CO-Senate: John Hickenlooper, 202-224-5941
CT-02 Joe Courtney 202-225-2076
CT-03 Rosa DeLauro 202-225-3661
FL-01 Matt Gaetz 202-225-4136
FL-03 Kat Cammack 202-225-5744
FL-07 Stephanie Murphy 202-225-4035
FL-11 Daniel Webster 202-225-1002
FL-16 Vern Buchanan 202-225-5015
FL-18 Brian Mast 202-225-3026
FL-19 Byron Donalds 202-225-2536
FL-20 VACANT 202-225-1313
FL-24 Frederica Wilson 202-225-4506
FL-26 Carlos Gimenez 202-225-2778
GA-09 Andrew S. Clyde 202-225-9893
GA-14 Marjorie Taylor Greene 202-225-5211
GA-Senate: Jon Ossoff, 202-224-3521
GU (Guam) Michael San Nicolas 202-225-1188
IA-04 Randy Feenstra 202-225-4426
ID-01 Russ Fulcher 202-225-6611
ID-Senate: Jim Risch, 202-224-2752
ID-Senate: Mike Crapo, 202-224-6142
IL-07 Danny K Davis 202-225-5006
IL-15 Mary E. Miller 202-225-5271
IL-16 Adam Kinzinger 202-225-3635
IL-17 Cheri Bustos 202-225-5905
IN-04 James Baird 202-225-5037
IN-05 Victoria Spartz 202-225-2276
IN-06 Greg Pence 202-225-3021
IN-08 Larry Bucshon 202-225-4636
IN-Senate: Mike Braun, 202-224-4814
KS-02 Jake LaTurner 202-225-6601
KY-01 James Comer 202-225-3115
KY-02 Brett Guthrie 202-225-3501
KY-05 Hal Rogers 202-225-4601
KY-06 Andy Barr 202-225-4706
KY-Senate: Rand Paul, 202-224-4343
* KY-Senate: Mitch McConnell, 202-224-2541
LA-01 Steve Scalise 202-225-3015
LA-02 Troy Carter 202-225-6636
LA-03 Clay Higgins 202-225-2031
LA-05 JuliaLetlow 202-225-8490
LA-06 Garret Graves 202-225-3901
LA-Senate: Bill Cassidy, 202-224-5824
LA-Senate: John Kennedy, 202-224-4623
* MA-01 Richard Neal 202-225-5601
MA-09 William Keating 202-225-3111
MD-01 Andy Harris 202-225-5311
MD-05 Steny Hoyer 202-225-4131
MD-07 Kweisi Mfume 202-225-4741
ME-02 Jared Golden 202-225-6306
ME-Senate: Susan Collins, 202-224-2523
MI-04 John Moolenaar 202-225-3561
MI-06 Fred Upton 202-225-3761
MI-10 Lisa McClain 202-225-2106
MI-11 Haley Stevens 202-225-8171
MI-13 Rashida Tlaib 202-225-5126
MN-01 Jim Hagedorn 202-225-2472
MN-07 Michelle Fischbach 202-225-2165
MO-01 Ms Cori Bush 202-225-2406
MO-02 Ann Wagner 202-225-1621
MO-07 Billy Long 202-225-6536
MT- At Large Matthew Rosendale 202-225-3211
NC-05 Viginia Foxx 202-225-2071
NC-09 Dan Bishop 202-225-1976
NC-11 Mr. Madison Cawthorn 202-225-6401
NC-Senate: Richard Burr, 202-224-3154
NE-Senate: Ben Sasse, 202-224-4224
NH-Senate: Margaret Wood Hassan, 202-224-3324
NJ-04 Christopher Smith 202-225-3765
* NJ-06 Frank Pallone Jr. 202-225-4671
NM-01 Melanie Stansbury 202-225-6316
NM-02 Yvette Herrell 202-225-2365
NV-03 Susie Lee 202-225-3252
NY-01 Lee Zeldin 202-225-3826
NY-02 Andrew R. Garbarino 202-225-7896
NY-11 Nicole Malliotakis 202-225-3371
NY-14 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 202-225-3965
NY-15 Ritchie Torres 202-225-4361
NY-16 Jamaal Bowman 202-225-2464
NY-18 Sean Patrick Maloney 202-225-5441
NY-23 Tom Reed 202-225-3161
NY-27 Christopher Jacobs 202-225-5265
NY-Senate: Chuck Schumer, 202-224-6542
OH-01 Steve Chabot 202-225-2216
OH-03 Joyce Beatty 202-225-4324
OH-04 Jim Jordan 202-225-2676
OH-05 Robert E. Latta 202-225-6405
OH-11 VACANT 202-225-7032
OH-15 VACANT 202-225-2015
OH-Senate: Rob Portman, 202-224-3353
OK-01 Kevin Hern 202-225-2211
OR-02 Cliff Bentz 202-225-6730
* OR-Senate: Ron Wyden, 202-224-5244
PA-10 Scott Perry 202-225-5836
PA-12 Fred Keller 202-225-3731
PA-Senate: Pat Toomey, 202-224-4254
SC-05 Ralph Norman 202-225-5501
SC-06 James E. Clyburn 202-225-3315
SC-07 Tom Rice 202-225-9895
SD-At Large Dusty Johnson 202-225-2801
SD-Senate: John Thune, 202-224-2321
TN-04 Scott DesJarlais 202-225-6831
TN-06 John Rose 202-225-4231
TN-07 Mark Green 202-225-2811
TN-08 David Kustoff 202-225-4714
TN-Senate: Marsha Blackburn, 202-224-3344
TN-Senate: Bill Hagerty, 202-224-4944
TX-01 Louie Gohmert 202-225-3035
TX-02 Dan Crenshaw 202-225-6565
TX-04 Mr. Pat Fallon 202-225-6673
TX-06 Jake Elzey 202-225-2002
TX-07 Lizzie Fletcher 202-225-2571
TX-08 Kevin Brady 202-225-4901
TX-11 August Pfluger 202-225-3605
TX-12 Kay Granger 202-225-5071
TX-13 Ronny Jackson 202-225-3706
TX-14 Randy Weber 202-225-2831
TX-16 Veronica Escobar 202-225-4831
TX-17 Pete Sessions 202-225-6105
TX-19 Jodey Cook Arrington 202-225-4005
TX-21 Chip Roy 202-225-4236
TX-22 Troy Nehls 202-225-5951
TX-23 Tony Gonzales 202-225-4511
TX-25 Roger Williams 202-225-9896
TX-26 Michael Burgess, MD 202-225-7772
TX-27 Michael Cloud 202-225-7742
TX-31 John Carter 202-225-3864
TX-33 Marc Veasey 202-225-9897
TX-36 Brian Babin 202-225-1555
TX-Senate: Ted Cruz, 202-224-5922
TX-Senate: John Cornyn, 202-224-2934
UT-01 Blake Moore 202-225-0453
UT-02 Chris Stewart 202-225-9730
UT-03 John Curtis 202-225-7751
UT-04 Burgess Owens 202-225-3011
UT-Senate: Mike Lee, 202-224-5444
UT-Senate: Mitt Romney, 202-224-5251
VA-03 Robert C. ” Bobby” Scott 202-225-8351
VA-04 Donald McEachin 202-225-6365
VA-05 Bob Good 202-225-4711
VA-06 Benjamin Cline 202-225-5431
VA-08 Don Beyer 202-225-4376
VA-10 Jennifer Wexton 202-225-5136
VA-Senate: Tim Kaine, 202-224-4024
VI (US Virgin Islands) Stacey Plaskett 202-225-1790
* WA-05 Cathy McMorris Rodgers 202-225-2006
WI-05 F. Scott Fitzgerald 202-225-5101
WI-Senate: Ron Johnson, 202-224-5323
WV-02 Alex Mooney 202-225-2711
WV-03 Carol Miller 202-225-3452
WV-Senate: Joe Manchin, 202-224-3954
WY-Senate: Cynthia Lummis, 202-224-3424
WY-Senate: John Barrasso, 202-224-6441
* Due to their positions in leadership or as Chairs of the Committees that have jurisdiction over the LTA, these members are unlikely to cosponsor, however, because they are in these powerful positions it’s even more important that they hear from constituents! Please call and ask that they use their position to ensure that the LTA is voted on and becomes law during this Congress.
TIPS ON PERSONALIZING YOUR MESSAGE:
The most effective things you can convey are why your doctor prescribed compression garments are essential to your health and quality of life. The focus should be on their medical necessity, and how they enable you to manage your lymphedema, prevent complications like infections, keep you able to work, take care of your family, etc. – whatever is most applicable for you.
The most important thing to avoid saying is that they are expensive. Cost, or a person’s ability to afford to pay out of pocket, is not a reason why something should be covered by insurance, only medical necessity is. Keep the focus on compression garments being essential for the treatment and management of lymphedema, just as insulin is to a diabetic.
