[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16737]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  FISHER CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Jolly) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and congratulate 
the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation on their 20th 
anniversary. To date, the Fisher Center has raised tens of millions of 
dollars in private funds in the quest to find a cure for this 
heartbreaking disease that affects millions of families across the 
country and around the world.
  Mr. Zachary Fisher created the foundation in 1995, with the single 
mission of finding a cure for Alzheimer's through scientific discovery. 
Since then, the research scientists at the Fisher Center for 
Alzheimer's Research at Rockefeller University, led by Nobel laureate 
Dr. Paul Greengard, have made remarkable strides, advancing 
groundbreaking research. But there is, of course, much more work to be 
done to defeat this debilitating disease.
  Mr. Speaker, as I rise to recognize the foundation's leadership in 
the fight to cure Alzheimer's, I must also recognize Mr. Fisher's many 
other charitable endeavors that have transformed and touched the lives 
of those who serve our Nation in uniform.
  Mr. Fisher was deeply committed to supporting the men and women of 
our Armed Forces, and our veterans as well. In that light, he founded 
the Fisher House Foundation, which provides housing to the families of 
our veterans and our servicemen while a loved one receives medical 
treatment. Additionally, Mr. Fisher founded the Intrepid Sea, Air & 
Space Museum in New York City.

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  But the cause for which I rise today is to urge my colleagues once 
again and to urge the Nation once again to focus on the profound need 
to increase Alzheimer's research and to recognize the equally profound 
work that the Fisher Center has done to ultimately advance and find a 
cure.
  With 5.3 million Americans suffering from Alzheimer's, we must do 
more. Left unchecked, Alzheimer's will continue to dramatically impact 
countless lives and families across the country. Left unchecked, 
Alzheimer's could cost our Nation $1.1 trillion annually by 2050.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in the fight to find a 
cure for Alzheimer's, and I rise today to thank the Fisher Center 
Foundation for leading this charge by funding groundbreaking research 
to finally end this disease.

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