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Sen. Collins the hearing will come to order. Good morning, everybody. It is wonderful to welcome all of you here to washington, d. C. This is our 11th childrens congress, and it is always a privilege to work with jdrf families whose commitment to promoting lifechanging research to prevent, treat, and ultimately cure type i diabetes inspires me. I want to welcome not only our Ranking Members, senator casey and senator scott from florida, but also we have a special guest , and that is the cochair with me of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, senator Jeanne Shaheen of new hampshire. So thank you for joining us here today as well. Let me shorten my opening comments this morning, because we do have votes beginning at 11 00, and i want to make sure that we have time to hear from all of our witnesses. As i said, i want to begin by welcoming the more than 160 children who have traveled to washington from all across the country to share your personal stories. You will tell us what it is like to live w
This Senate Aging Committee hearing include actor Victor Garber in a 9yearold girl from maine to testify about their experiences living with diabetes. Senator Susan Collins chairs the committee. [inaudible conversations] the hearing will come to order. Good morning, everybody. It is wonderful to welcome all of you to washington dc. This is our 11th childrens congress and it is a privilege to work with jdf families whose commitment to promoting lifechanging research, to prevent and ultimately q or type i diabetes inspires me. I want to welcome not only our Ranking Members, senator casey and senator scott from florida, but also we have a special guest, and that is the code chair with me of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, senator jean shaheen of new hampshire. Thank you for joining us here today as well. Let me shorten my opening comments this morning because we do have the votes beginning at 11 00 and i want to make sure we have time to hear from all of our witnesses. I want to begin by welc
Sen. Collins the hearing will come to order. Good morning everybody. It is wonderful to welcome all of you here to washington, d. C. This is our 11th childrens congress and it is always a privilege to work with jd rs families whose commitment to promoting lifechanging research to prevent, treat, and ultimately cure type i diabetes inspires me. I want to welcome not only our Ranking Members, senator casey and senator scott from florida, but also we have a special guest and that is the cochair with me of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, senator jean of New Hampshire. Thank you for joining us here today as well. Let me shorten my opening comments this morning because we do have votes beginning at 11 00 , and i want to make sure that we have time to hear from all of our witnesses. As i said i want to begin by welcoming the more than 160 children who have traveled to washington from all across the country to share your personal stories. You will tell us what it is like to live with type i diabet