[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 27, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1957]
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       IN RECOGNITION OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE DANNY FOUNDATION

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                         HON. ELLEN O. TAUSCHER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 27, 2005

  Mrs. TAUSCHER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
achievements of The Danny Foundation, a non-profit foundation 
established in 1986 with the mission of providing leadership in keeping 
babies safe from preventable injuries and deaths associated with unsafe 
cribs, dangerous children's products, and unsafe sleep environments.
  The Danny Foundation's tenacity has been unrelenting, and the 
accolades the Foundation has received have been unprecedented and well-
deserved. The Danny Foundation, often acting alone, prompted and pushed 
for the establishment of virtually all current government crib 
manufacturing standards has conducted an untold number of programs and 
efforts to warn and educate the public about unsafe cribs.
  Over the past 19 years, the Foundation has significantly reduced the 
number of infant injuries and deaths by 84 percent, and can proudly 
proclaim that the majority of today's new cribs are both safe and 
reliable.
  None of The Danny Foundation's work could have been accomplished 
without John and Rose Lineweaver. John and Rose, the founders of The 
Danny Foundation, have dedicated their lives to preventing other 
families from suffering a needless tragedy similar to the crib accident 
that eventually took their son Danny's life. Their passion for the 
well-being of infants across our country is extraordinary and worthy of 
significant praise and thanks.
  It is in that spirit that I ask all my colleagues in the United 
States House of Representatives to join me in honoring the 
accomplishments of The Danny Foundation and the passion of its 
founders, John and Rose Lineweaver.

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