HALIFAX, Va., Nov. 13, 2012—From Wayne Stanfield, president and CEO of the National Association of Independent Medical Equipment Suppliers (NAIMES): The election is over and the campaign ads are gone. There is the usual crop freshmen Representatives and Senators. The DME industry must now engage those new lawmakers and help them understand the value of home care and our ability to save millions of Medicare dollars. This will be a very busy time for these newly elected officials, but if you can catch them at home before they start to move to DC, make the case for home care and DME.
While we lost a few champions of DME, we may have gain many more in the new 113th Congress. Not many champions just happen, they are nurtured and educated by the constituent community. Here is the state-by-state list of newly elected members of Congress. If one of these new Representatives or Senators is yours, now is the time to begin developing the relationship we need for the future.
Arizona
Jeff Flake (R) Senate
House: Matt Salmon (R, 5th district)
Arkansas
Tom Cotton (R, 4th district) House
California
Julia Brownley (D, 26th district), Tony Cardenas (D, 29th district), Paul Cook (R, 8th district), Jared Huffman (D, 2nd district), Doug LaMalfa (R, 1st district), Alan Lowenthal (D, 47th district), Eric Swalwell (D, 15th district), Mark Takano (D, 41st district), Juan C. Vargas (D, 51st district) House
Connecticut
Christopher Murphy (D) Senate
House: Elizabeth Esty (D, 5th district)
Florida
Ron DeSantis (R, 6th district), Lois Frankel (D, 22), Joe Garcia (D, 26th district), Alan Grayson (D, 9th district), Trey Radel (R, 19th district), Ted Yoho (R, 3rd) House
Georgia
Doug Collins (R, 9th district) House
Hawaii
Mazie K. Hirono (D) Senate
House: Tulsi Gabbard (D, 2nd district)
Illinois
Rodney Davis (R, 13th district), Tammy Duckworth (D, 8th district), Bill Enyart (D, 12th district), Bill Foster (D, 11th district), Brad Schneider (D, 10th district) House
Indiana
Joe Donnelly (D) Senate
House: Luke Messer (R, 6th district), Jackie Walorski (R, 2nd district)
Kentucky
Garland “Andy” Barr IV (R, 6th district) House
Maine
Angus King (I) Senate
Maryland
John Delaney (D, 6th district) House
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Warren (D) Senate
House: Joseph P. Kennedy III (D, 4th district)
Michigan
Kerry Bentivolio (R, 11th district), Dan Kildee (D, 5th district) House
Minnesota
Rick Nolan (D, 8th district) House
Montana
Steve Daines (R, at large) House
Nebraska
Deb Fischer (R) House
Nevada
Steven Horsford (D, 4th district), Dina Titus (D, 1st district) House
New Hampshire
Ann McLane Kuster (D, 2nd district), Carol Shea-Porter (D, 1st district) House
New Jersey
Donald M. Payne Jr. (D, 10th district) House
New Mexico
Martin Heinrich (D) Senate
House: Michelle Lujan Grisham (D, 1st district)
New York
Chris Collins (R, 27th district), Dan Maffei (D, 24th district), Grace Meng (D, 6th district) House
North Carolina
George E.B. Holding (R, 13th district), Richard Hudson (R, 8th district), Robert Pittenger (R, 9th district) House
North Dakota
Heidi Heitkamp (D) Senate
House: Kevin Cramer (R, at large)
Ohio
David Joyce (R, 14th district), Brad Wenstrup (R, 2nd district) House
Oklahoma
Jim Bridenstine (R, 1st district), Markwayne Mullin (R, 2nd district) House
Pennsylvania
Matt Cartwright (D, 17th district), Scott Perry (R, 4th district), Keith Rothfus (R, 2nd district) House
South Carolina
Tom Rice (R, 7th district) House
Texas
Ted Cruz (R) Senate
House: Joaquin Castro (D, 20th district), Pete Gallego (D, 23rd), Beto O’Rourke (D, 16th district), Marc Veasey (D, 33rd), Filemon Vela (D, 34th district), Randy Weber (R, 14th district), Roger Williams (R, 25th district)
Virginia
Tim Kaine (D) Senate
Washington
Suzan DelBene (D, 1st district), Denny Heck (D, 10th district), Derek Kilmer (D, 6th district) House
Wisconsin
Tammy Baldwin (D) Senate
House: Mark Pocan (D, 2nd district)
List courtesy of Roll Call, At The Races Political Blog. Visit NAIMES online at www.dmehelp.org.