[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11001-11002]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           75TH ANNIVERSARY OF LOU GEHRIG'S FAREWELL ADDRESS

  (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, this Fourth of July will mark the 75th 
anniversary of Lou Gehrig's historic farewell address at Yankee 
Stadium, where he brought national attention to the disease that bears 
his name today. Sadly, so many decades later, we are still struggling 
to understand the cause of ALS, and there is still no known cure.
  On June 13, I was proud to join the Rhode Island ALS chapter to 
reaffirm

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our commitment to the families affected by this disease. Hearing their 
stories emboldened me to fight harder than ever for additional research 
funding that will lead to more effective treatments and, ultimately, a 
cure.
  Lou Gehrig famously said in his farewell speech:

       I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful 
     lot to live for.

  So, too, do the millions of people in the fight against ALS--I 
recognize them and the caregivers that take care of them. They are 
unsung heroes as well. Together, I know this is a fight that we can 
win.

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