Roger Daltrey pushes ‘Child Cures’ on Capitol Hill

Rock legend Roger Daltrey took the stage for a different type of show Wednesday on Capitol Hill, where he headlined a “Conversation on Child Cures.”

The Who frontman was joined by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Rep. Diana Degette (D-Colo.), as well as parents and survivors of deadly diseases.

{mosads}Daltrey, the co-founder of Teen Cancer America, spoke on his passion for the charity and the need for young adolescents to have their own wing of hospitals.

“I can’t imagine being next to a 19-year-old. We’d have nothing to talk about,” he joked.

Daltrey stressed the importance of treatment catered to adolescents, who are really neither children nor adults.

Walter Whitt, a senior at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, Va., spoke about his experience with cystic fibrosis.

“There is a point where I realized that I have a life expectancy of 37 years old,” he said.

Daltrey, who does the fundraising for the project to get adolescent treatment wards in hospitals, said he auctions off all of his concert microphones, bringing in between “5,000 to 10,000 dollars” a piece for the cause.

He said 50 major hospitals are getting ready to launch adolescent wards across the country.

This wasn’t the “Baba O’Reilly” singer’s first trip to Capitol Hill: In 2013 he sang at a dedication of the bust of Winston Churchill.

Daltrey will be performing at the Verizon Center on Thursday night as part of “The Who Hits 50!” tour.