[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9724-9725]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor Emily 
Gordon and Dylan Burke, young advocates in the fight to cure type 1 
diabetes.
  Emily and Dylan are making a significant impact on the research for 
diabetes, and their work will benefit future generations. That's 
because they are both delegates representing Rhode Island in the 
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Children's Congress gathered 
here in Washington this week, and they are with us on the floor today.
  Emily, of Lincoln, Rhode Island, and Dylan, of Newport, Rhode Island, 
are working to raise public awareness of the critical need for diabetes 
research to eliminate this disease. Diagnosed at 17 months old, Emily 
has known diabetes for most of her life and doesn't view herself as 
different from other children. And Dylan has seen firsthand some of the 
complications of type 1 diabetes since his father also has the disease.

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  The work that Emily and Dylan are performing during the Children's 
Congress is critical to the nearly 26 million Americans who have 
diabetes. I commend and congratulate them for overcoming great 
obstacles to work towards a cure that will improve and save lives in 
generations to come.

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