[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 105 (Friday, June 22, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5511]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING NEPHCURE KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

  (Mr. DEUTCH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DEUTCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the work of 
NephCure Kidney International.
  Roughly 31 million Americans live with kidney disease, and 3 in every 
100,000 people suffer from nephrotic syndrome.
  Nephrotic syndrome is not a disease itself; rather, it is an umbrella 
term for the signs and symptoms that result from damage in the kidneys' 
filtering units.
  NephCure Kidney International is the only organization committed 
exclusively to supporting research into finding the cause of the kidney 
disease focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, or FSGS, and nephrotic 
syndrome.
  I am proud of the work of this organization and their leaader, Dr. 
Irving Smokler, NephCure's president and founder and a constituent of 
mine.
  In 1999, Dr. Smokler launched the NephCure Foundation, inspired by 
his son, Matthew, who was diagnosed with FSGS when he was just 11 years 
old.
  Dr. Smokler has since dedicated himself to the fulfillment of the 
foundation's mission: to find the cause of and cure for FSGS and 
nephrotic syndrome.
  Mr. Speaker, today I call on all of our colleagues to recognize and 
support the goals of this important organization and to support robust 
funding for research at NIH to help find a cure for FSGS and nephrotic 
syndrome.

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