Pat Ryan: “I want to thank the gentleman from California for his leadership. I want to thank Chairman Takano, who has been…”

“I want to thank the gentleman from California for his leadership. I want to thank Chairman Takano, who has been responsible for really taking care of the veterans. He helped us rename our clinic back in Youngstown after Carl Nunziato, who is a tremendous Vietnam veteran. I also want to thank the gentleman from Cincinnati, my home State, for being a part of all of this and being a leader in all of this. I want to thank him for that. Madam Speaker, I rise tonight in honor of the memory of Ohio Army Guardsman Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson. I met Heath's daughter, Brielle, a few months back and heard the story of Heath from his mother-in-law, Susan. These stories, as you have heard tonight, are heartbreaking. Because when you look at Brielle and his wife, Danielle, this is more than just we have got to get something fixed to take care of a veteran who served their country. This is the modern version of Agent Orange. But this is bringing so much heartbreak to so many families and to so many communities in States like Ohio where we have so many veterans who served their country. On March 21, 2017, Heath and his wife, Danielle, were sitting in an exam room at Zangmeister Cancer Center in Columbus, Ohio, when Heath was given a terminal diagnosis. He had only 6 weeks to live. At only 35 years old, Heath was suffering from gushing nosebleeds and bleeding from his ears.…”