RASKIN ANNOUNCES CANCER DIAGNOSIS

Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin says he’s been diagnosed with a serious “but curable form of cancer.”  The Maryland lawmaker announced today he was diagnosed with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma and will soon begin chemo-immunotherapy.  He says he expects to work while receiving treatment on an outpatient basis.  Raskin recently won the top Democratic job on the House Oversight Committee in the new Congress.