[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 104 (Thursday, June 21, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5370]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           ENDING ALZHEIMER'S

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, on the summer solstice, Alzheimer's disease 
advocates do what they love: From sunrise to sunset, they hike, they 
bike, they sing, and they run in order to raise funds and awareness 
about the indiscriminate and crippling disease. They do so on the 
longest day to symbolize the challenges the 5.7 million Americans 
living with this deadly disease face from sunrise to sunset.
  Alzheimer's is the sixth leading cause of death. It kills more than 
breast cancer and prostate cancer combined.
  We have an obligation to do everything we can to understand this 
disease so that we can cure it, which is why we and I work to increase 
funding at the National Institutes of Health. One breakthrough there 
can save millions of lives over generations and can find cures for this 
disease, which as many as 16 million Americans could live with by 2050.
  Every day, from sunrise to sunset, I am proud to stand with all those 
fighting this deadly disease and all those who are fighting with them.
  Mr. Speaker, together, we will end Alzheimer's.

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