Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize May as Lupus Awareness Month. According to the Lupus Foundation of America, as many as 2 million Americans, including my lovely stepdaughter, Katharine Lehtinen, are living with lupus, and another 16,000 new cases are reported across our Nation each year; but new research and collaborative projects offer hope that we are getting closer to safer and more effective treatments. The Lupus Research Institute, in particular, has funded over 150 Novel Research Grants. These funds are aimed at forging scientific breakthroughs to better understand the disease and to help patients who are living with lupus. Because of the advancing science, 2016 may very well mark a new and exciting year in the long fight against this mysterious autoimmune disease. Mr. Speaker, as this poster reads, ``For a future with no lupus, we must know lupus.'' ____________________”