Political Quotes

“I am proud to join my colleagues this month of May to observe Lupus Awareness Month, a time where we work to increase public understanding of this cruel mystery. Affecting approximately 28,000 people in my south Florida community and almost 1.5 million Americans nationwide, lupus is a tragically misunderstood disease. With symptoms that imitate many other illnesses, lupus is extremely difficult to diagnose and usually develops anywhere between age 15 and 44. Of those who are diagnosed, Mr. Speaker, 90 percent are women, and it impacts minorities two to three times more than Caucasians. Along with my fellow cochairs of the Congressional Lupus Caucus--Tom Rooney, Bill Keating, and Jim Moran--I am committed to increasing awareness about lupus and finally putting an end to this terrible disease. ____________________”