Last week, members of the National Independent Laboratory Association (NILA) visited Senators and Representatives on Capitol Hill. The objective was to educate their elected officials about the impact that recent multiple cuts to the Medicare Part B Clinical Laboratory Test Fee Schedule is having on community-based laboratory companies. Pictured above are: (left) Dark Daily Editor Robert Michel, (center) Texas Senator John Cornyn, (right) Deborah Michel, R.N., during their meeting with the Senator.  NILA members hit Capitol Hill with high energy and determination. Mark S. Birenbaum, Ph.D., and his staff at NILA helped to arrange meetings with more than 70 Senators and Representatives, or their staffs.