Issues of the Day

Floor Speech

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Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I thank Mr. Gohmert for yielding to me.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the accomplishments of an incredible athlete from Iowa's Second District.

Kevin McKee of Davenport recently finished competing in the Beijing 2020 Paralympics, where he won a gold medal in sled hockey. Kevin has proudly represented the United States for over a decade, winning gold medals in the last three Paralympics.

Kevin has always had a passion for sports, playing tennis in high school and wheelchair basketball in college. However, Kevin soon realized his passion for sled hockey in 2020 when he started playing on the sled hockey club team with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

Beginning in 1960, the Paralympic Games are held every 4 years and feature a wide range of athletes with different physical abilities, including impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of motion, limb deficiency, leg length difference, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment, and intellectual impairment. The Paralympics are held almost immediately following the respective Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

Paralympians like Kevin show all of us that with hard work, dedication, and the drive to succeed, anything is possible.

Congratulations, Kevin, on an outstanding performance. I look forward to cheering you on in the future.

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