[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12070]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  IN SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES COMMITMENT TO GLOBAL CHILD SURVIVAL ACT

  (Ms. McCOLLUM Minnesota asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. McCOLLUM of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, today I will introduce a 
bipartisan piece of legislation that will keep newborn babies and young 
children alive and healthy in the world's poorest countries. I urge my 
colleagues to cosponsor the United States Commitment to the Global 
Child Survival Act.
  Every year, more than 10 million newborns and children under 5 die. 
That is 28,000 babies and toddlers dying every day. Pneumonia, diarrhea 
and malnutrition needlessly kill millions. Sixty percent of newborns 
and young children die needlessly from treatable or preventable 
problems just because they are poor.
  This bill expands access to the basics, antibiotics, vaccines, 
vitamins, antimalaria drugs, which will save lives.
  I urge my colleagues to cosponsor the United States Commitment to the 
Global Child Survival Act and to invest in keeping newborns and young 
children and their mothers healthy.

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