[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18512]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                   CROHN'S AND COLITIS AWARENESS WEEK

  (Mr. CRENSHAW asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CRENSHAW. Mr. Speaker, today is the first day of Crohn's and 
Colitis Awareness Week. Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are 
diseases that collectively are known as inflammatory bowel disease. 
They are painful; they are incurable; they attack the digestive system; 
and they affect about one out of every 200 people in our country.
  A few weeks ago, Congressman Jackson and I formed the Crohn's and 
Colitis Caucus to raise awareness in the Congress and to fight for 
additional Federal support, and Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week is 
part of that effort. Today we will file a House Resolution which will 
support this awareness week. And hopefully, as we work with the Crohn's 
and Colitis Foundation of America, all Americans will use this week, 
this time to join in this fight to raise awareness to increase research 
and to find a cure for this debilitating disease.

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