Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), sponsor of the Consumer Assurance of Radiologic Excellence (RadCARE) bill (S. 1197) is hoping to gain more cosponsors for RadCARE bill and generate some activity for a hearing on Capitol Hill.  The CARE bill (H.R. 1214) has 41 bipartisan cosponsors in the House, and we now have the momentum to move the RadCARE/CARE bills forward.   Since your senator is a member of the Senate HELP (Health, Education, Labor and Pensions) Committee - the committee that will hold hearings on the RadCARE bill - it's imperative that he contacts Senator Enzi’s office and signs on as a cosponsor to S. 1197.  Please contact Senator Christopher Bond and ask him to contact Steve Northrup in Senator Enzi's office to cosponsor this important radiologic patient care legislation.

You can email Senator Bond directly from ASRT's website www.asrt.org.  Just log on to the new E-advocacy site in the "Members Only" section by using your ASRT member ID number as your User Name and your social security number as the password.  Select the "Senate RadCARE bill" link and follow the prompts to email or print the letter and fax it to your senator.  If you're unable to email your senator directly from the ASRT website, please copy and paste the RadCARE bill message into the "write your senator" form on your senator's web site at www.senate.gov.  If you have recently emailed or faxed Senator Bond follow up with his office (202-224-5721) to voice your support of the RadCARE bill.  Senator Bond needs to know that his constituents support the RadCARE bill.  More information on the RadCARE bill is available at www.asrt.org.

Thank you for your speedy response.

Christine J. Lung, Director of Government Relations
American Society of Radiologic Technologists