[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4659-4660]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             HEALTH MATTERS

  (Mr. CLEAVER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I spoke with a dynamic, 
impressive young woman, Maryn White, from Lee's Summit, Missouri.
  Maryn is a 16-year-old sophomore at Lee's Summit West High School. 
When she was 10 years old, she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. 
Despite a lot of pain and a number of major surgeries, Maryn is active 
in her high school and is raising money for a cure.
  Maryn was the winner of the Dream Factory of Kansas City. Instead of 
going on a cruise ship or some tour to an exotic place, she came to 
Washington to talk to people who are about

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to vote on her health. She is absolutely infuriated that money is not 
going to the NIH to continue to do research for a cure.
  There are thousands of similar stories all over the country. This is 
not a political matter, this is a matter of life and death for people 
all over this country.
  Yes, I am saying that TrumpCare will make America ache again.

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