[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 134 (Wednesday, September 7, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H5110]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                                I'M BACK

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, during the week of July Fourth 
celebrations of our Nation's independence, I was diagnosed with 
leukemia. After entering the best cancer center in the world, MD 
Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas, my hometown, in just 8 weeks, 
incredible progress has been made.
  Thanks to the good Lord, the doctors, and staff at MD Anderson, I am 
able to be back in Washington, D.C., and on the House floor. I will be 
here as much as my treatment will allow.
  Importantly, I want to thank the Members and people from all over the 
country for their outpouring of encouragement and prayers. It has been 
remarkably overwhelming and humbling to me. The caring concern of 
Members, their staffs, and my staff have shown proves, once again, that 
there are a lot of good people who work for the United States House of 
Representatives.
  This September during Leukemia Awareness Month, I intend to keep 
fighting this cancer with all that I have while fighting for Texans in 
this House. I intend to be independent and free from this cancer. 
Christopher Reeve once said: ``Once you choose hope, anything's 
possible.''
  Mr. Speaker, I choose hope.
  And that is just the way it is.

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