[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 71 (Thursday, June 4, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H4069]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 JOIN THE CONGRESSIONAL DIABETES CAUCUS

  (Mr. NETHERCUTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. NETHERCUTT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to advise my colleagues 
that representatives of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation will be 
meeting with each of you today to advocate more Federal funding for 
diabetes research to cure this very serious disease. Diabetes is one of 
the leading causes of death and disability in America.
  Now these JDF representatives are not paid lobbyists. They are 
individuals from all walks of life, of Democrat and Republican Party 
affiliation. They are male and female, Democrats, Republicans, of all 
religions, and only caring about one thing. That is curing diabetes.
  They will tell you their personal story about diabetes. They will ask 
you to become a member of the Congressional Diabetes Caucus, which now 
numbers 159 Members. They will ask my colleagues to show that they care 
about diabetes.
  So I urge my colleagues to welcome these individuals to your offices, 
listen to their stories, fund the Federal research to cure diabetes, 
and welcome them to Capitol Hill.

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