[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 24, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1057]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   CONGRATULATING DR. DAVID M. PAIGE

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                         HON. JOHN P. SARBANES

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 24, 2014

  Mr. SARBANES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and congratulate Dr. 
David M. Paige for his more than forty years of dedication to patients, 
students and public health in Maryland and across the country. David is 
a Professor of Population, Family and Reproductive Health with joint 
appointments in International Health and Human Nutrition at the Johns 
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and in Pediatrics at the 
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is a member of the Maryland State 
WIC Advisory Panel and the Director of the Johns Hopkins WIC Program.
   Through his work as a physician, researcher and professor, David has 
made indelible marks on the state of public health in this nation. In 
response to a crisis of malnourishment among low-income infants and 
pregnant women in Baltimore in the 1960s, David created a voucher 
system for food assistance that served as the prototype for the federal 
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. 
This program provides essential food assistance to almost 9 million 
individuals each month and more than 143,000 people in Maryland alone. 
David remains a vigilant defender of this critical program and has 
testified more than 20 times before House and Senate committees.
   David has also produced significant research on the increasing 
prevalence of lactose intolerance in children and young adults. His 
findings have had far-reaching effects on the availability of lactose 
free foods and prenatal nutrition for lactose-intolerant mothers. He is 
also the recipient of numerous awards, including the March of Dimes 
National Agnes Higgins Award for Distinguished Achievement in Maternal-
Fetal Nutrition.
   On a personal note, it has been my privilege to know David for over 
twenty years and to benefit from his passionate advocacy on issues of 
public health. At all times, David's service to his profession and to 
the broader community have been characterized by a generosity of spirit 
and a selfless dedication to improving the lives of those too often 
left behind. I am proud to call David my friend and I commend the Johns 
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for recognizing David's long 
and distinguished record of accomplishment. This tribute could not go 
to a more deserving person.

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