[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13085]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. ROSKAM asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in observance of Childhood 
Cancer Awareness Month.
  Sixteen thousand children in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer every 
year. Only one in five will survive.
  I have a very special constituent, Chase Ewoldt, of Wheaton, 
Illinois. This is Chase with his mom and dad. He was diagnosed at the 
age of 2, in July 2012, with a very rare aggressive brain and spinal 
cancer. He withstood a grueling 14 months of treatment, spending more 
time in the hospital than he had at home. He survived. He is not out of 
the woods yet though.
  Chase is the nationwide ambassador for St. Baldrick's Foundation, and 
his mother wrote a book called ``Chase Away Cancer.''
  This is an incredible example of resiliency, tenacity, and 
faithfulness in the course of a very difficult season, and I just want 
to pause and bring attention to Chase and to his family as we recognize 
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

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