[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 32 (Wednesday, March 6, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H986]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        AUTISM AND SEQUESTRATION

  (Ms. FRANKEL of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. On Sunday, March 3, 2 days after the failure 
of this body to stop the mindless budget cuts of the sequester that 
will slash millions of dollars for medical research, I was honored to 
join Bob and Suzanne Wright and thousands of others as we walked in 
downtown West Palm Beach to promote autism awareness, advocacy, and 
research.
  One in 88 American children is affected by autism, which is America's 
fastest growing, serious developmental disability, and the Wrights will 
be the first to tell you that, even with the progress of their 
organization Autism Speaks and other fine organizations, it will take 
the investment of the United States of America in science to unlock the 
mystery of a disorder that cheats our children and stresses their 
families financially and emotionally.
  Mr. Speaker, the sequester will hurt our most vulnerable loved ones 
and will risk slowing down our economy right when it is recovering. 
Let's come together now and stop the sequester and reduce our deficit 
in a balanced way. Instead of tax breaks for oil companies, let's give 
an autistic child a chance to be the best that he or she can be.

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