[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6079]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL

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                         HON. MARSHA BLACKBURN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 7, 2012

  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is 
a beacon of light in Tennessee. Built five decades ago on the belief 
that ``no child should die in the dawn of life,'' St. Jude is a place 
where children afflicted with disease, and parents burdened by lost 
hope, can find healing and the promise of tomorrow.
  In its first ten years, the hard working medical team of St. Jude 
brought to 50 percent the survival rate for the most common form of 
childhood cancer. Building on that hard work and success, the research 
team of St. Jude continued to break through childhood disease barriers. 
Serving 7,800 active patients a year, the medical and professional 
staffs, along with volunteers around the country, serve the most 
vulnerable among us regardless of their ability to pay.
  St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a glimmer of hope to the 
families of children faced with medical lost causes. I am thankful for 
the noble work of all those who are a part of the St. Jude community 
and look forward to the next 50 years of healing and hope. I rise today 
in support of St. Jude and ask my colleagues to join with me as we 
celebrate half a century of service to our children.

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