[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 13, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H4955]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   RECOGNIZING DR. PATRICIA FLANAGAN

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. Patricia 
Flanagan, Rhode Island's nationally recognized expert in the area of 
teenage parenting and adolescent medicine. Dr. Flanagan recently 
received the 2011 Silver Rattle Award from the Rhode Island Mothers, 
Healthy Babies Coalition for her years of leadership and dedicated 
service to Rhode Island's teen mothers and children.
  Dr. Flanagan is rattling the system with her groundbreaking ideas and 
service to the Hasbro Children's Hospital community. She serves as the 
chief of clinical affairs at Hasbro; the president of the American 
Academy of Pediatrics, Rhode Island Chapter; and a professor of 
pediatrics at Brown University. As director of the Teens with Tots 
Clinic at Hasbro Children's Hospital, she leads a team in providing 
social and medical services to nearly 300 teen mothers and their 
children, following their lives for up to 5 years.
  Today I am pleased to congratulate Dr. Patricia Flanagan for her 
great contributions to the field of maternal and child health as a 
pediatrician, a researcher, a teacher, and an advocate.

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