Make the Most of Lymphedema Awareness Month!

If you haven’t yet, please send a hand written note to your Representative in Congress, urging them to pass the Lymphedema Treatment Act this year. This is our key action item for March! Handwritten communication is increasingly rare, and that’s exactly why it gets more notice, and why we are asking you to take this action.

The simple instructions are below. To the right you can see the note I sent my Representative, along with a photo of my son, who was born with lymphedema, and his twin brother.

If you would like to help raise awareness amongst the general public, you can use this form to submit a Letter to the Editor to every media publication within a 50-mile radius of your address. Several of our lymphedema advocates have already succeeded in having their letters published this month, such as this one.

Thank you for your advocacy!

Heather Ferguson
Founder & Executive Director
Lymphedema Advocacy Group
LymphedemaTreatmentAct.org 

MARCH ACTION ITEM INSTRUCTIONS: 

1.) Find your Representative on the chart below and click on his or her name to visit their website. Bills usually move through the House of Representatives before the Senate, so that is why we are sending notes to the House first.

2.) Locate the mailing address for your Representative’s district office. Usually, this is on a page titled “Office Locations” or “Contact Me,” or is sometimes at the bottom of the website. If there is more than one district office, pick the one nearest to you. We are asking you to send it to the district office rather than the DC office, because mail sent to DC offices undergoes long delays due to security screening. 

3.) Your message should urge your Representative to help pass the Lymphedema Treatment Act (H.R.3630/S.1315) this year. Explain why this is important to you. Thank him or her for being a cosponsor of the bill if they already are, or ask them to join as a cosponsor if they are not. Make it personal and feel free to include photos! 

4.) Mail your letter, card, or postcard to the selected district office. Make sure to include your full address so that they can see you are a constituent. Feel free to include photos and speak from your heart. Personal appeals are the most compelling, and that’s why we are providing instructions , but not a template.Thank you!

If you don’t know who your Representative is, click here and 
enter your zip code, then follow the instructions above.

ALABAMA Districts 1st Carl, Jerry L.   2nd Moore, Barry cosponsor 3rd Rogers, Mike   4th Aderholt, Robert cosponsor 5th Brooks, Mo cosponsor 6th Palmer, Gary   7th Sewell, Terri A. cosponsor ALASKA Districts At Large Young, Don cosponsor AMERICAM SAMOA District Delegate Radewagen, Amata cosponsor ARIZONA Districts 1st O’Halleran, Tom cosponsor 2nd Kirkpatrick, Ann cosponsor 3rd Grijalva, Raul cosponsor 4th Gosar, Paul A.   5th Biggs, Andy   6th Schweikert, David cosponsor 7th Gallego, Ruben cosponsor 8th Lesko, Debbie   9th Stanton, Greg cosponsor ARKANSAS Districts 1st Crawford, Rick cosponsor 2nd Hill, French cosponsor 3rd Womack, Steve cosponsor 4th Westerman, Bruce cosponsor CALIFORNIA Districts 1st LaMalfa, Doug cosponsor 2nd Huffman, Jared cosponsor 3rd Garamendi, John cosponsor 4th McClintock, Tom   5th Thompson, Mike cosponsor 6th Matsui, Doris O. cosponsor 7th Bera, Ami cosponsor 8th Obernolte, Jay   9th McNerney, Jerry cosponsor 10th Harder, Josh cosponsor 11th DeSaulnier, Mark cosponsor 12th Pelosi, Nancy   13th Lee, Barbara cosponsor 14th Speier, Jackie cosponsor 15th Swalwell, Eric cosponsor 16th Costa, Jim cosponsor 17th Khanna, Ro cosponsor 18th Eshoo, Anna G.   19th Lofgren, Zoe   20th Panetta, Jimmy cosponsor 21st Valadao, David G. cosponsor 22nd Nunes, Devin– Vacancy   23rd McCarthy, Kevin   24th Carbajal, Salud cosponsor 25th Garcia, Mike   26th Brownley, Julia cosponsor 27th Chu, Judy cosponsor 28th Schiff, Adam cosponsor 29th Cárdenas, Tony cosponsor 30th Sherman, Brad   31st Aguilar, Pete cosponsor 32nd Napolitano, Grace cosponsor 33rd Lieu, Ted cosponsor 34th Gomez, Jimmy cosponsor 35th Torres, Norma cosponsor 36th Ruiz, Raul cosponsor 37th Bass, Karen cosponsor 38th Sánchez, Linda cosponsor 39th Kim, Young cosponsor 40th Roybal-Allard, Lucille cosponsor 41st Takano, Mark cosponsor 42nd Calvert, Ken cosponsor 43rd Waters, Maxine   44th Barragán, Nanette cosponsor 45th Porter, Katie cosponsor 46th Correa, J. Luis cosponsor 47th Lowenthal, Alan cosponsor 48th Steel, Michelle cosponsor 49th Levin, Mike cosponsor 50th Issa, Darrell   51st Vargas, Juan cosponsor 52nd Peters, Scott cosponsor 53rd Jacobs, Sara cosponsor COLORADO Districts 1st DeGette, Diana cosponsor 2nd Neguse, Joe cosponsor 3rd Boebert, Lauren   4th Buck, Ken   5th Lamborn, Doug cosponsor 6th Crow, Jason cosponsor 7th Perlmutter, Ed cosponsor CONNECTICUT Districts 1st Larson, John B. cosponsor 2nd Courtney, Joe cosponsor 3rd DeLauro, Rosa L. cosponsor 4th Himes, Jim cosponsor 5th Hayes, Jahana cosponsor DELEWARE District At Large Blunt Rochester, Lisa cosponsor DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA District Delegate Norton, Eleanor Holmes cosponsor FLORIDA Districts 1st Gaetz, Matt   2nd Dunn, Neal cosponsor 3rd Cammack, Kat cosponsor 4th Rutherford, John cosponsor 5th Lawson, Al cosponsor 6th Waltz, Michael cosponsor 7th Murphy, Stephanie cosponsor 8th Posey, Bill cosponsor 9th Soto, Darren cosponsor 10th Demings, Val cosponsor 11th Webster, Daniel   12th Bilirakis, Gus M. cosponsor 13th Crist, Charlie cosponsor 14th Castor, Kathy cosponsor 15th Franklin, C. Scott cosponsor 16th Buchanan, Vern   17th Steube, W. Gregory cosponsor 18th Mast, Brian cosponsor 19th Donalds, Byron   20th Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila cosponsor 21st Frankel, Lois cosponsor 22nd Deutch, Ted cosponsor 23rd Wasserman Schultz, Debbie cosponsor 24th Wilson, Frederica cosponsor 25th Diaz-Balart, Mario cosponsor 26th Gimenez, Carlos A. cosponsor 27th Salazar, Maria Elvira cosponsor GEORGIA Districts 1st Carter, Buddy cosponsor 2nd Bishop Jr., Sanford D. cosponsor 3rd Ferguson, A. Drew cosponsor 4th Johnson, Henry C. “Hank” Jr. cosponsor 5th Williams, Nikema cosponsor 6th McBath, Lucy cosponsor 7th Bourdeaux, Carolyn cosponsor 8th Scott, Austin cosponsor 9th Clyde, Andrew S.   10th Hice, Jody cosponsor 11th Loudermilk, Barry cosponsor 12th Allen, Rick cosponsor 13th Scott, David cosponsor 14th Greene, Marjorie Taylor   GUAM District Delegate San Nicolas, Michael F. Q.   HAWAII Districts 1st Case, Ed cosponsor 2nd Kahele, Kaialiʻi cosponsor IDAHO Districts 1st Fulcher, Russ   2nd Simpson, Mike cosponsor ILLINOIS Districts 1st Rush, Bobby L. cosponsor 2nd Kelly, Robin cosponsor 3rd Newman, Marie cosponsor 4th García, Jesús “Chuy” cosponsor 5th Quigley, Mike cosponsor 6th Casten, Sean cosponsor 7th Davis, Danny K. cosponsor 8th Krishnamoorthi, Raja cosponsor 9th Schakowsky, Jan cosponsor 10th Schneider, Bradley cosponsor 11th Foster, Bill cosponsor 12th Bost, Mike cosponsor 13th Davis, Rodney cosponsor 14th Underwood, Lauren cosponsor 15th Miller, Mary E.   16th Kinzinger, Adam   17th Bustos, Cheri   18th LaHood,Darin cosponsor INDIANA Districts 1st Mrvan, Frank J. cosponsor 2nd Walorski, Jackie cosponsor 3rd Banks, Jim cosponsor 4th Baird, James   5th Spartz, Victoria   6th Pence, Greg   7th Carson, André cosponsor 8th Bucshon, Larry   9th Hollingsworth, Trey cosponsor IOWA Districts 1st Hinson, Ashley cosponsor 2nd Miller-Meeks, Mariannette cosponsor 3rd Axne, Cynthia cosponsor 4th Feenstra, Randy cosponsor KANSAS Districts 1st Mann, Tracey cosponsor 2nd LaTurner, Jake cosponsor 3rd Davids, Sharice cosponsor 4th Estes, Ron cosponsor KENTUCKY Districts 1st Comer, James   2nd Guthrie, S. Brett   3rd Yarmuth, John A. cosponsor 4th Massie, Thomas cosponsor 5th Rogers, Harold   6th Barr, Andy   LOUISIANA Districts 1st Scalise, Steve   2nd Carter, Troy A.   3rd Higgins, Clay   4th Johnson, Mike cosponsor 5th Letlow, Julia cosponsor 6th Graves, Garret cosponsor MAINE Districts 1st Pingree, Chellie cosponsor 2nd Golden, Jared   MARYLAND Districts 1st Harris, Andy   2nd Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch cosponsor 3rd Sarbanes, John P. cosponsor 4th Brown, Anthony cosponsor 5th Hoyer, Steny H.   6th Trone, David cosponsor 7th Mfume, Kweisi   8th Raskin, Jamie cosponsor MASSACHUSETTS Districts 1st Neal, Richard E.   2nd McGovern, James cosponsor 3rd Trahan, Lori cosponsor 4th Auchincloss, Jake cosponsor 5th Clark, Katherine cosponsor 6th Moulton, Seth cosponsor 7th Pressley, Ayanna cosponsor 8th Lynch, Stephen F. cosponsor 9th Keating, William cosponsor MICHIGAN Districts 1st Bergman, Jack cosponsor 2nd Huizenga, Bill cosponsor 3rd Meijer, Peter cosponsor 4th Moolenaar, John   5th Kildee, Daniel cosponsor 6th Upton, Fred   7th Walberg, Tim cosponsor 8th Slotkin, Elissa cosponsor 9th Levin, Andy cosponsor 10th McClain, Lisa C.   11th Stevens, Haley cosponsor 12th Dingell, Debbie cosponsor 13th Tlaib, Rashida cosponsor 14th Lawrence, Brenda cosponsor MINNESOTA Districts 1st Hagedorn, Jim– Vacancy   2nd Craig, Angie cosponsor 3rd Phillips, Dean cosponsor 4th McCollum, Betty cosponsor 5th Omar, Ilhan cosponsor 6th Emmer, Tom cosponsor 7th Fischbach, Michelle   8th Stauber, Pete cosponsor MISSISSIPPI Districts 1st Kelly, Trent cosponsor 2nd Thompson, Bennie G. cosponsor 3rd Guest, Michael cosponsor 4th Palazzo, Steven cosponsor MISSOURI Districts 1st Bush, Cori   2nd Wagner, Ann   3rd Luetkemeyer, Blaine cosponsor 4th Hartzler, Vicky cosponsor 5th Cleaver, Emanuel cosponsor 6th Graves, Sam cosponsor 7th Long, Billy cosponsor 8th Smith, Jason cosponsor MONTANA District At Large Rosendale, Matthew M.   NEBRASKA Districts 1st Fortenberry, Jeff cosponsor 2nd Bacon, Don cosponsor 3rd Smith, Adrian cosponsor NEVADA Districts 1st Titus, Dina cosponsor 2nd Amodei, Mark cosponsor 3rd Lee, Susie   4th Horsford, Steven cosponsor NEW HAMPSHIRE Districts 1st Pappas, Chris cosponsor 2nd Kuster, Ann cosponsor NEW JERSEY Districts 1st Norcross, Donald cosponsor 2nd Van Drew, Jefferson cosponsor 3rd Kim, Andy cosponsor 4th Smith, Chris cosponsor 5th Gottheimer, Josh cosponsor 6th Pallone Jr., Frank   7th Malinowski, Tom cosponsor 8th Sires, Albio cosponsor 9th Pascrell Jr., Bill cosponsor 10th Payne Jr., Donald cosponsor 11th Sherrill, Mikie cosponsor 12th Watson Coleman, Bonnie cosponsor NEW MEXICO Districts 1st Stansbury, Melanie Ann   2nd Herrell, Yvette   3rd Leger Fernandez, Teresa cosponsor NEW YORK Districts 1st Zeldin, Lee   2nd Garbarino, Andrew R. cosponsor 3rd Suozzi, Thomas cosponsor 4th Rice, Kathleen cosponsor 5th Meeks, Gregory W. cosponsor 6th Meng, Grace cosponsor 7th Velázquez, Nydia M. cosponsor 8th Jeffries, Hakeem cosponsor 9th Clarke, Yvette D. cosponsor 10th Nadler, Jerrold cosponsor 11th Malliotakis, Nicole cosponsor 12th Maloney, Carolyn cosponsor 13th Espaillat, Adriano cosponsor 14th Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria   15th Torres, Ritchie cosponsor 16th Bowman, Jamaal   17th Jones, Mondaire cosponsor 18th Maloney, Sean Patrick cosponsor 19th Delgado, Antonio cosponsor 20th Tonko, Paul D. cosponsor 21st Stefanik, Elise cosponsor 22nd Tenney, Claudia cosponsor 23rd Reed, Tom   24th Katko, John cosponsor 25th Morelle, Joseph cosponsor 26th Higgins, Brian cosponsor 27th Jacobs, Chris   NORTH CAROLINA Districts 1st Butterfield, G.K. cosponsor 2nd Ross, Deborah K. cosponsor 3rd Murphy, Gregory Francis cosponsor 4th Price, David cosponsor 5th Foxx, Virginia   6th Manning, Kathy E. cosponsor 7th Rouzer, David cosponsor 8th Hudson, Richard cosponsor 9th Bishop, Dan cosponsor 10th McHenry, Patrick T. cosponsor 11th Cawthorn, Madison   12th Adams, Alma cosponsor 13th Budd, Ted cosponsor NORTH DAKOTA District At Large Armstrong, Kelly cosponsor NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS District Delegate Sablan, Gregorio cosponsor OHIO Districts 1st Chabot, Steve   2nd Wenstrup, Brad cosponsor 3rd Beatty, Joyce cosponsor 4th Jordan, Jim   5th Latta, Robert E.   6th Johnson, Bill cosponsor 7th Gibbs, Bob cosponsor 8th Davidson, Warren   9th Kaptur, Marcy cosponsor 10th Turner, Michael cosponsor 11th Brown, Shontel M. cosponsor 12th Balderson, Troy cosponsor 13th Ryan, Tim cosponsor 14th Joyce, David cosponsor 15th Carey, Mike   16th Gonzalez, Anthony cosponsor OKLAHOMA Districts 1st Hern, Kevin cosponsor 2nd Mullin, Markwayne cosponsor 3rd Lucas, Frank cosponsor 4th Cole, Tom cosponsor 5th Bice, Stephanie I. cosponsor OREGON Districts 1st Bonamici, Suzanne cosponsor 2nd Bentz, Cliff   3rd Blumenauer, Earl cosponsor 4th DeFazio, Peter cosponsor 5th Schrader, Kurt cosponsor PENNSYLVANIA Districts 1st Fitzpatrick, Brian cosponsor 2nd Boyle, Brendan cosponsor 3rd Evans, Dwight cosponsor 4th Dean, Madeleine cosponsor 5th Scanlon, Mary Gay cosponsor 6th Houlahan, Chrissy cosponsor 7th Wild, Susan cosponsor 8th Cartwright, Matt cosponsor 9th Meuser, Daniel cosponsor 10th Perry, Scott   11th Smucker, Lloyd cosponsor 12th Keller, Fred cosponsor 13th Joyce, John cosponsor 14th Reschenthaler, Guy cosponsor 15th Thompson, Glenn cosponsor 16th Kelly, Mike cosponsor 17th Lamb, Conor cosponsor 18th Doyle, Michael cosponsor PUERTO RICO District Delegate González-Colón, Jenniffer cosponsor RHODE ISLAND Districts 1st Cicilline, David cosponsor 2nd Langevin, Jim cosponsor SOUTH CAROLINA Districts 1st Mace, Nancy cosponsor 2nd Wilson, Joe cosponsor 3rd Duncan, Jeff cosponsor 4th Timmons, William cosponsor 5th Norman, Ralph cosponsor 6th Clyburn, James E.   7th Rice, Tom cosponsor SOUTH DAKOTA District At Large Johnson, Dusty   TENNESSEE Districts 1st Harshbarger, Diana cosponsor 2nd Burchett, Tim cosponsor 3rd Fleischmann, Chuck cosponsor 4th DesJarlais, Scott cosponsor 5th Cooper, Jim cosponsor 6th Rose, John W.   7th Green, Mark cosponsor 8th Kustoff, David   9th Cohen, Steve cosponsor TEXAS Districts 1st Gohmert, Louie cosponsor 2nd Crenshaw, Dan   3rd Taylor, Van cosponsor 4th Fallon, Pat   5th Gooden, Lance cosponsor 6th Ellzey, Jake cosponsor 7th Fletcher, Lizzie cosponsor 8th Brady, Kevin   9th Green, Al cosponsor 10th McCaul, Michael T. cosponsor 11th Pfluger, August   12th Granger, Kay cosponsor 13th Jackson, Ronny cosponsor 14th Weber, Randy   15th Gonzalez, Vicente cosponsor 16th Escobar, Veronica   17th Sessions, Pete   18th Jackson Lee, Sheila cosponsor 19th Arrington, Jodey   20th Castro, Joaquin cosponsor 21st Roy, Chip   22nd Nehls, Troy E.   23rd Gonzales, Tony   24th Van Duyne, Beth cosponsor 25th Williams, Roger cosponsor 26th Burgess, Michael   27th Cloud, Michael   28th Cuellar, Henry cosponsor 29th Garcia, Sylvia cosponsor 30th Johnson, Eddie Bernice cosponsor 31st Carter, John   32nd Allred, Colin cosponsor 33rd Veasey, Marc cosponsor 34th Vela, Filemon cosponsor 35th Doggett, Lloyd cosponsor 36th Babin, Brian   UTAH Districts 1st Moore, Blake D.   2nd Stewart, Chris   3rd Curtis, John R.   4th Owens, Burgess cosponsor VERMONT District At Large Welch, Peter cosponsor VIRGINIA Districts 1st Wittman, Robert J. cosponsor 2nd Luria, Elaine cosponsor 3rd Scott, Robert C.   4th McEachin, A. Donald cosponsor 5th Good, Bob   6th Cline, Ben   7th Spanberger, Abigail cosponsor 8th Beyer, Don   9th Griffith, Morgan cosponsor 10th Wexton, Jennifer cosponsor 11th Connolly, Gerald E. “Gerry” cosponsor VIRGIN ISLANDS District Delegate Plaskett, Stacey   WASHINGTON Districts 1st DelBene, Suzan cosponsor 2nd Larsen, Rick cosponsor 3rd Herrera Beutler, Jaime cosponsor 4th Newhouse, Dan cosponsor 5th Rodgers, Cathy McMorris   6th Kilmer, Derek cosponsor 7th Jayapal, Pramila cosponsor 8th Schrier, Kim cosponsor 9th Smith, Adam cosponsor 10th Strickland, Marilyn cosponsor WEST VIRGINIA Districts 1st McKinley, David cosponsor 2nd Mooney, Alex   3rd Miller, Carol   WISCONSIN Districts 1st Steil, Bryan cosponsor 2nd Pocan, Mark cosponsor 3rd Kind, Ron cosponsor 4th Moore, Gwen cosponsor 5th Fitzgerald, Scott cosponsor 6th Grothman, Glenn cosponsor 7th Tiffany, Thomas P. cosponsor 8th Gallagher, Mike cosponsor WYOMING District At Large Cheney, Liz cosponsor