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Supporting National Eosinophil Awareness Week

Madam Speaker,

Last month my Congressional office was flooded with letters asking me to cosponsor the National Eosinophil Awareness Week Resolution. All of these heartfelt notes were, it turned out, authored by family and friends of an 11-year-old girl in my district, Jessica Seidel.

Jessica suffers from a rare eosinophilic disorder that causes her body to mistake common proteins as foreign bodies. The disorder makes Jessica's life very hard. Only last week, she had to move out of her home because her basement flooded, rendering the house unlivable for her. Despite these challenges, Jessica remains a remarkable girl. She's visiting me here in Washington today, and I'm impressed by her poise and her courage.

I'm very pleased that, on Monday, the House unanimously approved the Eosinophil Awareness Week Resolution. Our vote was meaningful and important, not only to Jessica and her family and friends, but to every sufferer of an eosinophil disorder across the United States.