[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 NATIONAL REHABILITATION AWARENESS WEEK

  (Mr. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to call attention to the fact that 
this is National Rehabilitation Awareness Week throughout the country. 
Across the country, we are taking time this week to thank the many 
therapists in the rehabilitation institutes for the good work that they 
do, for lives that have been brought back together because of that good 
work.
  I am a personal testimony to this. I want to call special attention 
to the work of the Santa Barbara Rehabilitation Institute that put my 
life back together; not just my body, but heart, mind, and soul. I want 
to thank all of the therapists there, the drivers of the vans, and I 
brought my football today, because when I started that therapy, I could 
not throw the football, now I can. As a tribute to them and a tribute 
to National Rehabilitation Awareness Week, I want to show what kind of 
work we can do.

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