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On the recordJanuary 11, 2007
I am the parent of two children with asthma, and my husband has asthma also. When my children were young, I spent many hours beside their bed helping them to breathe with machines, giving them medicine that had side effects that were very unpleasant and kept both my children and myself up. We had a great deal of worry in those early years. It is my great hope that science will find a cure. I ask all of my colleagues to reach out and help my children and the children of America to be free of these diseases.
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Carol Shea-Porter
New Hampshire
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Addressing the challenges of asthma faced by her family and advocating for support in finding a cure.

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