[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15997]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    RECOGNIZING PILOTS FOR PATIENTS

  (Mr. ABRAHAM asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize a group called Pilots 
for Patients, an organization founded by Philip Thomas back home in 
Monroe, Louisiana.
  This group flies patients with debilitating conditions to specialty 
hospitals all over the Nation. My district is very rural, and some of 
my patients have to drive several hundred miles to see their doctor. 
And like Philip says, this could be like a trip to the Moon for some 
patients to drive that far.
  Pilots for Patients has flown over 2,600 missions to date so far, 15 
to 20 patients a week. They are part of a larger group of Air Core 
Alliance pilots that have flown over 20,000 missions a year. All the 
pilots are volunteer, and I am proud to be one of them.
  Pilots for Patients is a shining example of what goodness of the 
human spirit and working together can accomplish. I wish them continued 
success in many years to come.

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