[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 25, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4128]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING JACOB ELLIS

  (Ms. WILD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WILD. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, I attended the funeral of Jacob 
Ellis, who devastatingly passed away at the age of 15 after a brief but 
vicious course of cancer.
  Jacob lived his all-too-brief life to the fullest, volunteering with 
local animal shelters, traveling the world to ride roller coasters, and 
baking desserts for his friends and family.
  My heart goes out to the Born and Ellis families and to all families 
touched by pediatric cancer, which has left a hole in far too many 
hearts. Almost every week, I am visited here by advocates for pediatric 
cancer research funding. I can think of no cause more worthy.
  In honor of Jacob and so many other young people who have passed all 
too soon, I am honored to be cosponsoring an amendment to the Defense 
appropriations bill allocating $2 million for research on pediatric 
brain cancer and spinal cord tumors.
  I will also work to make sure that we are developing medications and 
therapies for our youngest cancer patients that do not themselves cause 
residual injury or illness. I have heard from so many who developed a 
new cancer from a toxic medication they were given as a child.
  May Jacob's memory be a blessing, and may we never stop working until 
we have eradicated pediatric cancer from our world.

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