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State Representative Diane Grendell Hosts Oncologist Dr. Xuan Huang And Daughter Wendi Song November 19, 2019

COLUMBUS-State Representative Diane V. Grendell (R-Chesterland) welcomed University Hospital’s renowned Dr. Xuan Huang and her daughter Wendi Song to the Ohio Statehouse today. Dr. Huang and Wendi were invited to spend the day with Representative Grendell and experience state government.
Representative Grendell brought both Dr. Huang and Wendi along to Health Committee, with the House Session following soon after. Dr. Huang and Wendi were honored at session for their establishment of the UH Geauga Medical Cancer Patient Support Fund. Earlier this year, they raised close to $10,000 in the first half of the year that will be used to support the medical center’s cancer patients.
“I was honored to have such a professional, vivacious woman and her intelligent daughter with me to observe the process at work,” said Representative Grendell.Wendi Song
The most interesting part for this visit for me was listening to and watching the House Session. I really enjoyed watching the Representatives vote on the different bills, and watching them go through the procedures that I had learned in my AP government class really helped me understand the process.?I enjoyed being in the Health Committee meeting and listening to the questioning of the witnesses by the Representatives. The witnesses were all prepared and ready to defend their points, and the Representatives asked really insightful questions. It was just really exciting hearing about the issue and also being able to relate to it.??
It was during the Health Committee meeting that I learned about the proposed bill regarding nurse practitioners. It proposed for certain practices, a loosening of regulations for nurse practitioners regarding collaborations with physicians, and I recognized some of the problems they were discussing over. As my mom is a physician who has experience interacting with nurse practitioner, I could understand the issue and relate to it, because it directly concerned the job security and practices of doctors, and I had previously never realized this issue between NPs and physicians. It was through this bill that I learned both about the issue and the procedures for witnesses and questionings.
I am grateful to the opportunity of spending time with Representatives Diane Grendell and get to learn things I would not be able to learn in classroom. I will continue indulge myself in the field of my interest. This visit fortified my interest in political science and the decision of choosing it as my major in college.