[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 191 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TO CONGRATULATE SANDI QUALLEY ON HER RETIREMENT

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                        HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 13, 2011

  Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Ms. 
Sandi Qualley, Executive Director of the Hemophilia Association of the 
Capital Area (HACA), on the occasion of her retirement following 21 
years of dedicated service to those individuals who suffer from 
bleeding disorders and their families.
  HACA is a nonprofit organization that provides many needed services 
to people with bleeding disorders such as hemophilia and von Willebrand 
disease and their families. HACA serves more than 250 families in the 
Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, and it is a chapter of both 
Hemophilia Federation of America and the National Hemophilia 
Foundation, the two leading national hemophilia patient organizations. 
HACA's mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals 
suffering from bleeding disorders and their families through education, 
advocacy, and member services in order to promote research and to raise 
the resources needed to achieve these goals.
  Sandi has been instrumental in ensuring that HACA continues to 
deliver on its mission. It sends children with bleeding disorders to 
camps that are equipped to address their specific medical needs. HACA 
offers educational programming to members of the bleeding disorders 
community at all stages of life: Families with newly diagnosed infants, 
school-age children, adolescents, adults, and those now confronting the 
additional complications that advancing age can pose for an individual 
with a bleeding disorder. HACA also helps provide financial assistance 
to needy families and resources to other nonprofit organizations that 
work with the hemophilia community in an expanding global network.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in commending Sandi 
Qualley for her years of service and in congratulating her on the 
occasion of her retirement. Her distinguished service has greatly 
contributed to the advancement and improvement of care and treatment 
available to individuals suffering from bleeding-related afflictions.

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