[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 517 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 517

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to 
                      the Bloch Cancer Foundation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 2000

Mr. Moore (for himself, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. Moran of Kansas) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                              on Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to 
                      the Bloch Cancer Foundation.

Whereas Richard and Annette Bloch are founders of the Bloch Cancer Foundation, 
        established in 1980;
Whereas Richard and Annette have gifted to the University of Missouri-Kansas 
        City the Bloch Support Center, a center which reaches out to cancer-
        stricken patients, their supporters, and caregivers, through education, 
        counseling, and research designed to achieve the highest quality of life 
        while living with cancer, and, in addition, offers professional 
        education opportunities for students to receive training and research 
        skills that deal with the psychological aspects of cancer;
Whereas Richard Bloch conceived of a computer program, which was implemented by 
        the National Cancer Institute, called PDQ (``Physicians Data Query'') 
        that gathers information from every cancer center in the United States 
        and 22 foreign countries and gives the state of the art treatment for 
        every type and stage of cancer in addition to all available experimental 
        therapies;
Whereas Richard and Annette Bloch authored three books: ``Cancer...There's 
        Hope'' about Richard's battle with his ``terminal'' lung cancer; 
        ``Fighting Cancer'', a step-by-step guide showing cancer patients how to 
        fight the disease; and ``Guide for Cancer Supporters'', geared 
        exclusively to supporters of cancer patients;
Whereas Cancer Survivor Parks have been established to help cancer survivors, to 
        be a tribute to these survivors, and to be a celebration of life in 
        Kansas City, Missouri; Houston, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Cleveland, Ohio; 
        Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Rancho Mirage, California; New 
        Orleans, Louisiana; Santa Rosa, California; Jacksonville, Florida; 
        Bakersfield, California; Phoenix, Arizona; Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, 
        Illinois and Omaha, Nebraska;
Whereas Dick and Annette's foundation has gathered a wide variety of volunteers 
        including doctors sharing their time, computer specialists creating 
        informative and helpful web sites, home volunteers making calls to offer 
        guidance and hope to new patients, and in-house volunteers answering 
        phone calls, e-mails, and being there when called upon;
Whereas Richard and Annette Bloch in 1980 founded the Bloch Cancer Hot Line, an 
        organization composed of more than 500 cancer survivors that has fielded 
        over 125,000 calls in the last 20 years, which on June 4, 2000, will 
        celebrate its 20th anniversary of giving hope, support, and information 
        to those who call;
Whereas June 4, 2000, also marks the 15th anniversary of the first Cancer 
        Survivor Day Rally, held originally in Kansas City, Missouri, and now 
        held in over 700 communities throughout the United States; and
Whereas the Cancer Survivor Day Rally glorifies the attitude that cancer and 
        death are not synonymous and that a cancer diagnosis does not represent 
        a decrease in the quality of life: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives commends Richard and 
Annette Bloch and the Bloch Cancer Foundation and their network of 
invaluable volunteers on behalf of 8,400,000 Americans living with 
cancer.
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