[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1656]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING NANCY DAVENPORT-ENNIS ON HER RETIREMENT FROM THE PATIENT 
                          ADVOCATE FOUNDATION

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                         HON. ROBERT J. WITTMAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 25, 2013

  Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with my distinguished 
colleagues from Virginia Representative Rigell and Representative Scott 
to recognize Nancy Davenport-Ennis, of Yorktown, Virginia, on her 
retirement 17 years after founding the Patient Advocate Foundation and 
the National Patient Advocate Foundation. Nancy Davenport-Ennis founded 
the Patient Advocate Foundation and the National Patient Advocate 
Foundation in 1996 in honor and memory of her friend, Cheryl Grimmel, a 
breast-cancer patient who was denied coverage for her treatment. 
Through Nancy Davenport-Ennis' determined leadership the Patient 
Advocate Foundation and the National Patient Advocate Foundation have 
provided direct patient assistance to over 965,000 patients with 
chronic, debilitating and life-threatening conditions who needed help 
navigating the health care system or finding affordable health care. 
Additionally, millions of other patients were assisted through web-
based informational services.
   Nancy Davenport-Ennis knows first-hand of the personal battle of 
cancer as a two-time breast cancer survivor. She has eloquently and 
openly discussed how this experience aided her in establishing a body 
of work that will continue to help millions of patients long past her 
retirement. Throughout her exemplary career as a leader in health care 
policy she has embodied the dignity and integrity of a true patient 
advocate. I join with my distinguished colleagues in expressing our 
utmost respect and admiration for her service to Virginians and all 
Americans.

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