Mr. Speaker, this is a very emotional journey, and in the words of Jennifer Wexton, this could happen to anyone, so any one of us could be touched by the impact of this legislation that will deliver efforts to search for better diagnoses, sounder treatment, and ultimately find a cure, but it is also about hope, and hope rings eternally here with this effort so that folks like Jennifer will know and folks from Gus Bilirakis' family will know that America cares, that she cares deeply. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
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