[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7726]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING JENNA HINMAN

  (Mr. MAFFEI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MAFFEI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a very heavy heart to 
honor and remember Jenna Hinman. Jenna Hinman was 26 years old. She and 
her husband, U.S. Army Sergeant Brandon Hinman, were thrilled to learn 
she was pregnant last year while Brandon was stationed at Fort Drum in 
New York State.
  But tragically this past month, during an emergency cesarean section 
to save the lives of their twin girls, doctors learned Jenna was 
suffering from a rare and very serious form of cancer. She and the 
medical teams at Cross Hospital and Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse 
fought the disease heroically for 2 months, but on May 5 she passed 
away.
  Jenna and her family's story touched the lives of so many people, 
strangers and friends alike, from around the world who were devastated 
to hear of Jenna's passing.
  There is no way to truly express the deep sadness that comes from 
losing someone so young with such a bright future ahead, to think about 
the beautiful baby girls that will have to grow up without their mother 
physically on this Earth.
  Mr. Speaker, the family gave me this bracelet to remind me to pray 
for Jenna Hinman while she was still alive. It says: ``Prayers for 
Jenna, God protect this family.''
  Mr. Speaker, I pray that God will protect Jenna's husband, her 
parents, her brother, and particularly these young girls, and may God 
bless Jenna Hinman, a true American hero.

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