mrs. capito: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from from west virginia. mrs. capito: thank you, mr. president. as we begin the month of may, which i think we're just two days in now, i come to the floor today to speak son a topic that is very close to my heart, and that's alzheimer's disease. like so many americans, i have felt the impact of this disease. i lost both of my parents to alzheimer's disease, really pretty close to the same time t and my family, my brother and my sister and me, helped to care for them, and i understand the difficulties that caregivers and families have as they're trying to figure out how to face this difficult challenge, because this disease is devastating. especially to the patients and their loved ones. my father passed away in january of 2015, just one day after i was sworn in as a united states senator. my mother, shelley, passed away just a few months beforehand in september of 2014. there is not a book that has been written yet that can tell you what to do when a loved one is diagnosed, because each case is different, and ther