[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 953]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF SARAH BRACHMAN

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                           HON. RALPH M. HALL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 26, 2011

  Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a fellow Texan; 
Sarah Brachman, who has been named the National Down Syndrome Society's 
2011 Advocate of the Year.
  This young lady is one of more than 400,000 Americans living with 
Down Syndrome, but that has never slowed her down. She is more engaged 
than many in our political system--having interned here in Washington 
and in both Federal and State legislative offices in Kentucky where 
she's in school. And she truly is an advocate for the disabled, happily 
talking to anyone who will listen about her life and what it means to 
live with a disability, and personally recruiting over thirty Members 
of Congress, myself included, for the Congressional Down Syndrome 
Caucus.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope you and all of our colleagues will join me in 
congratulating Sarah for this well deserved honor.

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