C. W. Bill Young: “Mr. Speaker, I would have to say this is an exciting moment. This legislation, we have worked long and hard to get it in…”

“Mr. Speaker, I would have to say this is an exciting moment. This legislation, we have worked long and hard to get it in a condition that everybody could support. The basic idea here is that it extends the authorization for the National Marrow Donor Program, which, as my distinguished friends the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bilirakis) and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Brown) have said, is a lifesaver. It is actually a miracle. This process allows people who really had no chance for life, there was no outlook, they were not going to survive, but when the opportunity to have a bone marrow transplant came about and we were able to find enough donors to create a registry, peoples' lives have been saved. People have had a second chance for life where none existed before. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bilirakis) and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Brown) as the ranking minority member, and every Member of this Congress.”