[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1136]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               TEAM JONNY

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                              HON. TED POE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 2, 2016

  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on Christmas Day 2014, 7-year-old 
Jonny was diagnosed with brain and spinal cancer. On January 2nd, 2016, 
young Jonny's family laid him to rest.
  Roughly 1 in every 300 children in the United States will be 
diagnosed with some form of cancer before their 20th birthday. Jonny 
always said: ``I don't want any other kid to have cancer.''
  Jonny's family, with the help of their Representative Rodney Davis, 
are making sure Congress hears this message. They have also been joined 
by Texas State Representative Patrick Fallon. He recently raised money 
for pediatric cancer by running the World Marathon Challenge, 
consisting of 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days, and he had never 
run a marathon before. During the races, Fallon carried a photo of 
Jonny and his brother Jacky in his shoe. In fact, Jacky even ran with 
him in the U.S. race in Miami, Florida.
  I can't think of a better reason to run a marathon. Together, we can 
beat childhood cancer into the shadows with each step.
  And that's just the way it is.

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