House Proceeding 03-04-09 on Mar 4th, 2009 :: 0:55:30 to 0:57:55
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Russ Carnahan: cure remains undeterred, as demonstrated by this great resolution. mr. speaker work that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves his time. the gentlelady from california. mrs. capps: i'm pleased to be able to yield three minutes to the co-chair of the multiple sclerosi

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Speech By: Russ Carnahan

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Russ Carnahan: from missouri, mr. carnahan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. carnahan: i want to thank the gentlelady from california for her leadership and work to on this. i am very proud and honored to be co-chair of the congressional m.s. caucus with

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Russ Carnahan: my colleague, dr. michael burgess. this is truly a bipartisan effort and one that has just had tremendous resources and support from around the country to help raise this awareness. i encourage everyone to show their commitment in support of multiple sclerosis week, the m.s. movement. really simple actions

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Russ Carnahan: throughout this week. through 8. m.s. awareness week was created by the m.s. coalition to raise national awareness about the disease and recognize those who have dedicated their time and tall don't promoting m.s. research and programs. in order to raise awareness, i'm very pleased that

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Russ Carnahan: representative barbara lee has take then lead to introduce h.k.c. -- h.c.r. 14, representing the goals and ideas of m.s. awareness week, encouraging states and local governments to designate m.s. awareness week and encouraging

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Russ Carnahan: the media to help educate the public about m.s. today i ask for all of my colleagues' support. i want to give a special thanks to the m.s. society back in st. louis, missouri, my home, that has been so active and been so helpful to me in this effort and also want to remember my

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Russ Carnahan: first cousin, betty carnahan, who we lost years ago, who first helped me learn about this disease. because of small gestures by everyday people,y colleagues in this body, and cutting edge research, by our nation's finest, each day, people living