[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 3297-3298]
[From the U.S. 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

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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 
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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