[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 4, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E299-E300]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          RECOGNIZING KIDNEY DAY AT THE MISSOURI STATE CAPITOL

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                        HON. BLAINE LUETKEMEYER

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 4, 2015

  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask my colleagues to 
join me in acknowledging Kidney Day at the Missouri State Capitol on 
Thursday, March 5, 2015. This important day is supported by the 
Missouri Kidney Program and the National Kidney Foundation.
   The mission of the Missouri Kidney Program is to help meet the 
educational needs, and to promote the physical and mental well-being of

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eligible Missouri residents with Chronic Kidney Disease. The National 
Kidney Foundation participates in research that is helping advance 
knowledge about chronic kidney disease, treatment, and patient 
outcomes.
   The Missouri Kidney Program and the National Kidney Foundation 
should both be commended for highlighting three major areas of kidney 
disease: awareness, prevention, and treatment. The Missouri Kidney 
Program strives to increase public awareness of the need for organ 
donation and to encourage kidney donations for transplantation. The 
goal of the National Kidney Foundation is to reach those at risk before 
kidney disease occurs, and impact those in earliest stages so that 
progression to later-stage disease is no longer inevitable.
   I ask you in joining me in recognizing the dedication of the 
Missouri Kidney Program and the National Kidney Foundation.

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