[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 18]
[House]
[Pages 24566-24567]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              SECOND NATIONAL HEALTH DISPARITY CONFERENCE

  (Mrs. CHRISTENSEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
outstanding Second National Health Disparity Conference sponsored by 
the University of the Virgin Islands Caribbean Research Center and the 
Director, Dr. Gloria Callwood, the Medical University of South 
Carolina, and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation last week in 
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. We will meet in Atlanta, Georgia, next 
year.
  The conference brought together Members of Congress, leading 
researchers from the Federal Government, academic institutions and the 
private sector, educators, advocates and health

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consumers. We looked at issues ranging from factors determining 
academic success in African American males to the impact of climate 
change on health, but primarily focused on the health and health care 
challenges of Americans of color and poor and rural Americans. The 
presentations, questions, comments and recommendations will inform the 
health care reform agenda of the Congressional Black Caucus in the 
111th Congress.
  Madam Speaker, I extend thanks to the capitol and local security, 
sponsors, speakers, attendees, staff and all who made the conference a 
success, but especially Shelley Thomas of my staff and MUSC Assistant 
Professor David Rivers for his leadership and vision.

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