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Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2008

Date: June 11, 2008
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Minors and Children Science Health and Health Care


CAROLINE PRYCE WALKER CONQUER CHILDHOOD CANCER ACT OF 2008 -- (House of Representatives - June 11, 2008)

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Ms. KAPTUR. I thank the gentleman for yielding.

Madam Speaker, it is a great privilege this evening to rise in support of H.R. 1553, the Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2008, and to thank my beloved colleague from Ohio, from our Buckeye State, Deborah Pryce, a loving mother and a very, very able Congresswoman, for taking her grief and helping place it here, and in memory of her beautiful daughter, taking that struggle forward for the sake of the future of our country.

I suppose one could say, ``for every season there is a purpose,'' and Caroline's season forever will be spring; and that what you lived together you shared with the country. And the personal became political in the best sense so that we could make it better for those who will come after us. And after all, is that not what we are here to do?

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.

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Ms. KAPTUR. I also stand here this evening in memory of a young gentleman by the name of Zachary Hebda from the State of Maryland, who died at the age of seven of a childhood cancer. And at seven, that child had such measure, just like an adult. And he faced, as your daughter did, something that we, as adults, wonder if we could face. And we never forget them because they hold us up in our own work with their strength and their courage. We need answers. We need answers for our children. We need to stem this disease, and we need to prevent and we need to cure.

I want to thank Congresswoman Pryce for her years of service and doing what is so wrenching, to continue after the loss of someone who is so much a part of yourself and helping us better ourselves as a country. I thank you for this exceptional piece of legislation.

I thank Chairman Pallone. I thank Congresswoman Capps and those who have supported you in this effort. And I thank you for, most of all, sharing Caroline with us as a most beautiful, beautiful memory and tribute to her and to you.

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