[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 61 (Tuesday, May 17, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: May 17, 1994]
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                             WOMEN'S HEALTH

  (Mrs. KENNELLY asked as was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. KENNELLY. Madam Speaker, for too long, the Federal Government 
ignored the health needs of women. Little research was done on diseases 
which afflicted women, and clinical trials of diseases which affected 
everyone often used only men as subjects.
  But health care reform gives us the opportunity to help reverse the 
years of neglect. It gives us the opportunity to help the mothers, 
daughters, sisters, and wives whose health needs have previously been 
neglected.
  By ensuring coverage of needed preventive and primary care services, 
we will make progress in the fight against many diseases. Early 
detection can mean the difference between life and death in the battle 
against breast cancer, cervical cancer, and heart disease. By 
guaranteeing this coverage, we give women the chance they need to live 
healthy lives.
  Too many women have died because they could not afford a mammogram or 
a doctor. As a nation--as a Congress--we cannot afford to let that 
happen any longer.

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