Karen Thurman: “there are also some other things that are going on. Of course, the Gift of Life pin with the green ribbon symbolizes…”

“there are also some other things that are going on. Of course, the Gift of Life pin with the green ribbon symbolizes Organ Donation Days, which is something that we can all participate in. Another is the organ donation stamp, nationally recognized around the country, it kicked off a couple of years ago. There are so many things that we can do both as Members of Congress for people who have been the recipients, or those waiting. The gentleman mentioned the issue on the bone marrow. I think the Today Show has been doing some programming on this particular issue, and they had a little boy who would have potentially died had it not been for somebody that had registered for the bone marrow transplant. It was one of our young service members in this country that in fact donated his bone marrow. They got to meet for the first time Friday--he met the boy who he gave his gift of life to. As the gentleman well knows, we all have attempted over the last several years to raise this issue; it is amazing to me the wonderful stories that are out there, but still there are tragic stories of those that do not receive an organ in time.”