[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 23, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING UNITED STATES PARALYMPIAN ADAM PAGE OF LANCASTER, NEW YORK

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                       HON. CHRISTOPHER JOHN LEE

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 23, 2010

  Mr. LEE of New York. Madam Speaker, I ask that the House join me in 
recognizing Adam Page of Lancaster, New York, a proud member of the 
United States Paralympics sled hockey team, who most recently won a 
gold medal in the Winter Games at Vancouver.
  Currently a senior at St. Mary's High School in Lancaster, Adam was 
born with spina bifida, a birth defect caused by the incomplete 
formation of vertebrae. His parents were told that Adam would never 
walk, probably would be blind and probably retarded. Adam had other 
ideas.
  At the age of eight, Adam was determined to do what so many of his 
fellow Western New Yorkers do growing up--play ice hockey. He started 
his formal hockey playing days with the Buffalo Sabres sled hockey club 
team, and his hard work and hockey skills soon propelled him to the 
junior national team, and a year after that Adam was named to the 
senior national team.
  Adam scored his first goal at the 2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World 
Championships, and in addition to his participation on this year's gold 
medal-winning Paralympian team, he has also been a member of the gold 
medal-winning 2010 Japan Para Ice Sledge team, the 2009 Paralympic Team 
of the Year, the gold medal-winning 2009 World Champion team, and the 
2008 bronze medal-winning IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Champion.
  Adam has overcome so much in his life, and it is a testament to his 
hard work and dedication and the support of his family and friends who 
have stood by his side.
  I again ask that the House join me in congratulating Adam on winning 
the gold medal as a member of Team USA's Paralympics sled hockey team, 
and wish him much success in the future.

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