[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 168 (Friday, October 13, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E973]
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                             DANIELLE HONG

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                        HON. JEFFERSON VAN DREW

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 13, 2023

  Mr. VAN DREW. Mr. Speaker Pro Tempore, today is my honor to bring 
attention to the courage and strength of Danielle Hong, a woman who 
fights to bring awareness to Tracheal Bronchial Malacia. At the age of 
18, she was diagnosed with asthma after she noticed her lung capacity 
was quickly deteriorating. After a series of tests and treatment, her 
condition only seemed to get worse. It wasn't until she visited the 
professionals at South Jersey Chest Diseases in Hammonton, South Jersey 
did they discover that she was misdiagnosed. Her illness, Tracheal 
Bronchial Malacia is commonly mistaken for asthma and because of this, 
often goes untreated. Following proper treatment, Danielle now has zero 
airway collapse. Danielle fights every day to bring attention to this 
pressing medical condition, so others don't have to suffer as she did. 
Now, she works at a local hospital in South Jersey and continues to 
educate and bring awareness to our South Jersey community.
  I thank her for her public service and dedication to this important 
issue. God Bless Danielle Hong, and God Bless our United States of 
America.

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