[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 196 (Monday, December 9, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1558]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         THANKING DAVID LAURITZEN FOR HIS EFFORT TO HELP OTHERS

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                            HON. PETE OLSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, December 9, 2019

  Mr. OLSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the wonderful 
work by David Lauritzen, an eight-year-old boy from Katy, TX. He's on a 
mission to bring joy to children battling cancer.
  David is a cancer survivor, who received treatment at various 
hospitals over the course of his life. That experience means he 
understands the pain that children fighting this disease go through. 
So, when his mother asked him how he wanted to commemorate Childhood 
Cancer Awareness Month a couple of years ago, he said that he wanted to 
make them smile.
  Starting by collecting coins in a jar, David and his parents began 
the nonprofit David's Toy Project, Inc. to do just that. They have made 
it their mission to buy toys for kids undergoing cancer treatment and 
just last year raised almost $12,000.
  The light of goodness radiates through David and his family, and the 
smiles he brings to the faces of children shine just as bright. On 
behalf of the Twenty-Second Congressional District of Texas, we thank 
David for his courage and caring spirit that warms the hearts of 
others.

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