Lois Capps: “I would like to submit for the Record letters of support from the United Network for Organ Sharing and a coalition of…”

“I would like to submit for the Record letters of support from the United Network for Organ Sharing and a coalition of health professional and HIV/AIDS advocacy organizations. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this important commonsense legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. Richmond, VA, January 18, 2013. RE UNOS Endorsement of Your Legislation to Address HIV+ Organ Donation and Research Hon. Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senate, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. Hon. Tom Coburn, U.S. Senate, Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. Hon. Lois Capps, House of Representatives, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC. Dear Senator Boxer, Senator Coburn, and Representative Capps: UNOS is pleased to learn of your efforts to take an important step to make more organs available for transplantation. As you know, more than 110,000 Americans are currently on the waiting list for organ transplants--far more than are likely to find a matching donor in time. Allowing the careful, targeted use of these organs makes it possible to save more lives. If your legislation is successful, UNOS, as the contractor for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, stands ready to work with our HRSA partners to establish appropriate allocation policies, including safeguards to protect uninfected recipients from inadvertently receiving HIV- infected organs or vessels. We look forward to working with you to advance this important legislation.…”