[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 18, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H8000]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

  (Mr. REICHERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Speaker, as the House continues its consideration 
of the Labor-HHS appropriations bill today, I urge all my colleagues to 
support funding for the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education 
program.
  Even though this amount is lower than the amount suggested by some of 
us in the 109th Congress, the $307 million in this appropriation bill 
will go to training and educating graduate medical students who will 
help our children at our children's hospitals across this Nation.
  Especially close to my heart is my godson, Kyle, who at 18 months old 
was diagnosed with cancer and for the last 12 years has survived and 
has been helped and aided by these graduate medical students.
  So I urge my colleagues, please support this bill. It is so critical 
to the health of our children.

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