[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 30, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H3180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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    PAT HEAD SUMMITT HONORED WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COHEN. Yesterday, there was a historic program at the White House 
where 13 great people of the world were recognized with Presidential 
Medals of Freedom. They ranged from former Supreme Court Justice John 
Paul Stevens to Bob Dylan to John Glenn and others. But nobody stood 
out more than Pat Head Summitt, the great athletic coach for the 
University of Tennessee Lady Vols--greatest basketball coach of all 
time.
  But now, facing her greatest battle, Alzheimer's, she stands as a 
public statement that a cure must be found, and the caregivers must be 
recognized and taken care of. She's raising money for Alzheimer's. 
She's raising money for those that face this problem, like she does, 
but she's facing it with courage and trying to help others.
  This is her greatest battle. She is a great American. I thank the 
world for Pat Head Summitt, not for her coaching ability but for her 
courage as a human being.

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