December 11, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 198 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H10020-H10021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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          CELEBRATING HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL'S CENTENNIAL

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Green) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, and still I rise with love of 
country at heart and my mnemonic notes in hand.

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  Mr. Speaker, I rise today with the preeminent privilege and singular 
honor of paying tribute to a great American institution. I do so with 
H. Res. 760, commemorating Houston Methodist Hospital for 100 years of 
service, 100 years of world-class healthcare, 100 years of saving 
lives, 100 years of groundbreaking research.
  Houston Methodist Hospital, the world's first multiorgan transplant 
hospital; first coronary bypass, grafting with the patient's leg vein; 
ranked the number one hospital in Texas for 8 consecutive years and a 
national honor roll hospital by U.S. News and World Report.
  Houston Methodist has eight hospitals, employing more than 23,000 
persons, 1.3 million patient encounters last year alone, acknowledged 
for their outstanding specialties in neurology, neurosurgery, 
pulmonology, orthopedics, cancer, cardiology, heart surgery, and 
urology.
  Mr. Speaker, I am so proud to say that all of my colleagues in the 
Houston area are cosponsors of this resolution--original cosponsors, I 
might add. This would include the Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, the 
Honorable Lizzie Fletcher, the Honorable Pete Olson, the Honorable 
Sylvia Garcia, the Honorable   Michael McCaul, the Honorable Randy 
Weber, the Honorable Brian Babin, the Honorable   Dan Crenshaw, and the 
Honorable Kevin Brady.
  Houston Methodist has a great president who not only responds to 
congressional inquiries, but also to the patients themselves. I know. I 
have known of patients who have actually had the opportunity to see the 
president of the hospital. Dr. Mark Boom is the president. He is a 
medical doctor himself, and he is the chief executive officer.
  This great institution is one that I am proud to have in my 
congressional district, I am proud to represent, and I am also proud to 
say is a part of the great institutions in the United States of 
America.
  Houston Methodist Hospital is celebrating its centennial, 100 years 
of faithful service and saving lives, not only in Houston, Harris 
County, in the State of Texas, but across the world.

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