Dear [CONTACT: first name],
Our Senate bill now has 62 cosponsors, just five away from having a super majority level of support!
Why does that matter? Because certain types of bills need only a simply majority to pass, but others require a super majority, which is two-thirds, so in the100 member Senate that’s 67.
Please check the list below, and if one or both of your Senators is not cosponsoring the bill yet call and email their office again.
Congress is back from recess this week, so now is a great time to reach out!
Heather Ferguson
Founder & Executive Director
Lymphedema Advocacy Group
LymphedemaTreatmentAct.org
Most offices have after hours voicemail,
if you are unable to call during business hours.
CALL SCRIPT: “I’m a constituent calling about the Lymphedema Treatment Act, bill number S.1315, which was reintroduced by Senators Cantwell and Grassley with 52 other original cosponsors. I hope that Senator [name] will join as a cosponsor of this bill. [This is important to me because… ] Will you please pass on my message to your Health Legislative Aide?” [If a Senator’s name is highlighted it’s because he or she was a cosponsor in the last Congress – make sure to mention that, and how disappointed you would be if they did not support the bill again!]
AK-Senate: Lisa Murkowski, 202-224-6665 Original Cosponsor
AK-Senate: Dan Sullivan, 202-224-3004 Original Cosponsor
AL-Senate: Richard Shelby, 202-224-5744
AL-Senate: Tommy Tuberville, 202-224-4124
AR-Senate: Tom Cotton, 202- 224-2353 Cosponsor
AR-Senate: John Boozman, 202- 224-4843 Original Cosponsor
AZ-Senate: Kyrsten Sinema, 202- 224-4521 Original Cosponsor
AZ-Senate: Mark Kelly, 202-224-2235 Original Cosponsor
CA-Senate: Dianne Feinstein, 202-224-3841 Cosponsor
CA-Senate: Alex Padilla, 202- 224-3553 Original Cosponsor
CO-Senate: John Hickenlooper, 202-224-5941
CO-Senate: Michael Bennet, 202-224-5852 Original Cosponsor
CT-Senate: Chris Murphy, 202-224-4041 Cosponsor
CT-Senate: Richard Blumenthal, 202- 224-2823 Original Cosponsor
DE-Senate: Chris Coons, 202-224-5042 Original Cosponsor
DE-Senate: Tom Carper, 202- 224-2441 Original Cosponsor
FL-Senate: Marco Rubio, 202- 224-3041 Original Cosponsor
FL-Senate: Rick Scott, 202- 224-5274 Original Cosponsor
GA-Senate: Jon Ossoff, 202-224-3521
GA-Senate: Raphael Warnock, 202- 224-3643
HI-Senate: Brian Schatz, 202- 224-3934 Original Cosponsor
HI-Senate: Mazie Hirono, 202-224-6361
IA-Senate: Joni Ernst, 202-224-3254 Original Cosponsor
* IA-Senate: Chuck Grassley, 202-224-3744 Co-lead Sponsor* (replace the words “a cosponsor” in the thank -you script above with “the lead sponsor”)
ID-Senate: Jim Risch, 202-224-2752
ID-Senate: Mike Crapo, 202-224-6142
IL-Senate: Dick Durbin, 202-224-2152 Original Cosponsor
IL-Senate: Tammy Duckworth, 202-224-2854 Original Cosponsor
IN-Senate: Todd Young, 202-224-5623 Original Cosponsor
IN-Senate: Mike Braun, 202-224-4814
KS-Senate: Roger Marshall, 202-224-4774 Cosponsor
KS-Senate: Jerry Moran, 202-224-6521 Cosponsor
KY-Senate: Rand Paul, 202-224-4343
KY-Senate: Mitch McConnell, 202-224-2541
LA-Senate: Bill Cassidy, 202-224-5824
LA-Senate: John Kennedy, 202-224-4623
MA-Senate: Elizabeth Warren, 202-224-4543 Original Cosponsor
MA-Senate: Ed Markey, 202-224-2742 Original Cosponsor
MD-Senate: Chris Van Hollen, 202-224-4654 Original Cosponsor
MD-Senate: Ben Cardin, 202-224-4524 Original Cosponsor
ME-Senate: Susan Collins, 202-224-2523
ME-Senate: Angus King, 202-224-5344 Original Cosponsor
MI-Senate: Gary Peters, 202-224-6221 Cosponsor
MI-Senate: Debbie Stabenow, 202-224-4822 Original Cosponsor
MN-Senate: Tina Smith, 202-224-5641 Original Cosponsor
MN-Senate: Amy Klobuchar, 202-224-3244 Original Cosponsor
MO-Senate: Josh Hawley, 202-224-6154
MO-Senate: Roy Blunt, 202-224-5721 Original Cosponsor
MS-Senate: Cindy Hyde-Smith, 202-224-5054 Original Cosponsor
MS-Senate: Roger Wicker, 202-224-6253 Original Cosponsor
MT-Senate: Steve Daines, 202-224-2651 Original Cosponsor
MT-Senate: Jon Tester, 202-224-2644 Original Cosponsor
NC-Senate: Richard Burr, 202-224-3154, then enter #2
NC-Senate: Thom Tillis, 202-224-6342 Original Cosponsor
ND-Senate: Kevin Cramer, 202-224-2043
ND-Senate: John Hoeven, 202-224-2551 Original Cosponsor
NE-Senate: Deb Fischer, 202-224-6551 Original Cosponsor
NE-Senate: Ben Sasse, 202-224-4224
NH-Senate: Jeanne Shaheen, 202-224-2841 Original Cosponsor
NH-Senate: Margaret Wood Hassan, 202-224-3324
NJ-Senate: Cory Booker, 202-224-3224 Original Cosponsor
NJ-Senate: Bob Menendez, 202-224-4744 Original Cosponsor
NM-Senate: Ben Ray Lujan, 202-224-6621 Cosponsor
NM-Senate: Martin Heinrich, 202-224-5521
NV-Senate: Jacky Rosen, 202-224-6244 Original Cosponsor
NV-Senate: Catherine Cortez Masto, 202-224-3542 Original Cosponsor
NY-Senate: Kirsten Gillibrand, 202-224-4451 Cosponsor
NY-Senate: Chuck Schumer, 202-224-6542
OH-Senate: Sherrod Brown, 202-224-2315 Original Cosponsor
OH-Senate: Rob Portman, 202-224-3353
OK-Senate: Jim Inhofe, 202-224-4721 Original Cosponsor
OK-Senate: James Lankford, 202-224-5754 Original Cosponsor
OR-Senate: Jeff Merkley, 202-224-3753 Original Cosponsor
OR-Senate: Ron Wyden, 202-224-5244
PA-Senate: Pat Toomey, 202-224-4254
PA-Senate: Bob Casey, 202-224-6324 Original Cosponsor
RI-Senate: Sheldon Whitehouse, 202-224-2921 Original Cosponsor
RI-Senate: Jack Reed, 202-224-4642 Original Cosponsor
SC-Senate: Tim Scott, 202-224-6121 Original Cosponsor
SC-Senate: Lindsey Graham, 202-224-5972 Original Cosponsor
SD-Senate: John Thune, 202-224-2321
SD-Senate: Mike Rounds, 202-224-5842 Original Cosponsor
TN-Senate: Marsha Blackburn, 202-224-3344
TN-Senate: Bill Hagerty, 202-224-4944
TX-Senate: Ted Cruz, 202-224-5922
TX-Senate: John Cornyn, 202-224-2934
UT-Senate: Mike Lee, 202-224-5444
UT-Senate: Mitt Romney, 202-224-5251
VA-Senate: Mark Warner, 202-224-2023 Original Cosponsor
VA-Senate: Tim Kaine, 202-224-4024
VT-Senate: Patrick Leahy, 202-224-4242 Cosponsor
VT-Senate: Bernie Sanders, 202-224-5141
WA-Senate: Patty Murray, 202-224-7675 Original Cosponsor
* WA-Senate: Maria Cantwell, 202-224-3441 Lead Sponsor * (replace the words “a cosponsor” in the thank-you script above with “the lead sponsor”)
WI-Senate: Tammy Baldwin, 202-224-5653 Original Cosponsor
WI-Senate: Ron Johnson, 202-224-5323
WV-Senate: Shelley Moore Capito, 202-224-6472 Original Cosponsor
WV-Senate: Joe Manchin, 202-224-3954
WY-Senate: Cynthia Lummis, 202-224-3424
WY-Senate: John Barrasso, 202-224-6441
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.
