[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 71 (Thursday, May 17, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H2825]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     GLEN CAMPBELL AND ALZHEIMER'S

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, Glen Campbell is one of the great singers 
and guitarists in our United States history. He suffers from 
Alzheimer's disease. Despite that fact, he continues to tour; and he is 
giving his farewell tour now.
  Last night, some of us were privileged to hear him at the Library of 
Congress. He is still performing well. He is performing to bring more 
attention to Alzheimer's, a disease that strikes 5 million Americans 
and will strike another 10 million as baby boomers get older. It is a 
serious disease which has no cure, and there is no real knowledge of 
the origins of it. We must find a cure.
  President Obama announced the launch of the National Alzheimer's 
Plan, which is hopefully going to find a cure and prevent and treat 
Alzheimer's by 2025. We need to support the appropriations for such in 
this body, support Francis Collins at the National Institutes of 
Health, and we need to support the caregivers who treat Alzheimer's 
victims. It is an urgent problem that we must deal with today.
  I thank Glen Campbell for his courage in performing and bringing more 
attention of the American people and the world to this terrible 
illness.

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