[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 185 (Wednesday, December 10, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H10870]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              SECOND NATIONAL HEALTH DISPARITY CONFERENCE

  (Mrs. CHRISTENSEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
outstanding Second National Health Disparity Conference sponsored by 
the University of the Virgin Islands Caribbean Research Center and the 
Director, Dr. Gloria Callwood, the Medical University of South 
Carolina, and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation last week in 
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. We will meet in Atlanta, Georgia, next 
year.
  The conference brought together Members of Congress, leading 
researchers from the Federal Government, academic institutions and the 
private sector, educators, advocates and health consumers. We looked at 
issues ranging from factors determining academic success in African 
American males to the impact of climate change on health, but primarily 
focused on the health and health care challenges of Americans of color 
and poor and rural Americans. The presentations, questions, comments 
and recommendations will inform the health care reform agenda of the 
Congressional Black Caucus in the 111th Congress.
  Madam Speaker, I extend thanks to the capitol and local security, 
sponsors, speakers, attendees, staff and all who made the conference a 
success, but especially Shelley Thomas of my staff and MUSC Assistant 
Professor David Rivers for his leadership and vision.

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