Political Quotes

“Yesterday, a few feet out of this Chamber, I had the opportunity to meet with three young ladies from Nevada. Megan Christensen is 14 years old; Anna Ressel, from Sparks, 13 years old; and Jordan Exber, a 14-year-old from Las Vegas. These girls were here to present me with a little award as a result of work I have done on juvenile diabetes. I was representative of many people who have worked on the issue. But the reason I mention this is not any award that was given to me or any of the other Senators but the plight of these young ladies. One of the girls was determined to have diabetes 3 months ago--a beautiful child, Jordan, from Las Vegas. They prepared a book for me: '2007, Children's Congress.' Among other things, one of the pictures in this is a bunch of syringes. Look at this. I can't count them. This is 1 week's picking and poking at this young lady's body that she has to go through because of diabetes. Type 1 juvenile diabetes is a chronic disease and for the child with type 1 diabetes, the pancreas does not produce insulin, a hormone necessary to sustain life. Without insulin the sugar in the blood can't be used. It builds up in the bloodstream, even though the body is starved for energy. A person with type 1 diabetes must take one or more injections of insulin daily to stay alive. She has written here: 'I take 42 shots, at least, every week. This does not count the testing,' to find out what her blood sugar levels are; 42 a week.…”