[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 153 (Thursday, September 13, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H8181]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CONGRATULATING DR. LEANA WEN

  (Ms. BARRAGAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BARRAGAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Dr. Leana 
Wen.
  Dr. Wen is the new president of Planned Parenthood. Dr. Wen is an 
immigrant. Her family came here from China, and they were granted 
political asylum when she was a child. She is a Rhodes Scholar, and she 
grew up poor in my congressional district in Compton, California.
  She has worked to close the racial health disparities that are 
happening in healthcare and to reduce infant mortality. She has been a 
voice against cuts to healthcare. And she is a champion for health 
clinic funding across the country, to make sure they can continue to 
serve low-income families.
  I am proud to say that she is a fighter, and I am proud to say that 
she grew up in Compton, California.
  With that, Dr. Wen, congratulations. I am looking forward to working 
with you and Planned Parenthood.

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