The House Dear Colleague letter has been circulated and we are deep in the throws of encouraging Members in the House to sign the letter asking the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee to include $125 million for prostate cancer research in their bill this year.  I have not received an update of how many or who has agreed to do so yet, but I hope to have that list soon.

There is no update yet on the Senate Dear Colleague, but I hope to have that soon as well.

In other news:

We've had some very good meetings recently including with Alabama freshman Congressman Parker Griffith (5th district) who is an oncologist and was very excited to hear about the work we are doing.

We are currently working with Sen. Schumer (NY) and Rep. Marshall (GA08) to bring the NY delegation on-board as original co-sponsors of the Thomas J. Manton Prostate Cancer Early Detection and Treatment Act.  Once that happens, the bill will be introduced.  There may be a press conference arranged to announce the bill.

The PRIME Act has also been discussed recently, but an exact date for introduction has not been made clear.

I am not aware of any other legislation either pending or introduced.

If you are interested in knowing more about any of these please feel free to contact me, or if you have information about other relevant legislation, please let me know so I can start looking for it.