[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 119 (Monday, July 16, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H6244-H6245]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              NATIONAL JUVENILE ARTHRITIS AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, almost 820,000 Minnesotans live with 
arthritis every day. When you think about arthritis, you likely think 
of it affecting only folks in their older years. But many of those 
Minnesotans coping with arthritis are actually children.
  Nationwide, 300,000 children suffer from juvenile arthritis, which 
makes it harder to do all the things that are essential to being a kid: 
Running, playing, enjoying the outdoors, and a chance to be themselves. 
Families with children coping with this condition face very unique 
challenges.
  We have made a lot of progress, Mr. Speaker, in the fight against 
juvenile arthritis, but there is still a lot of work to be done. July 
is National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month, an opportunity to 
recognize, to refocus, and redouble our efforts to find a cure.

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