[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        SUPPORT H.R. 3715, THE LAM DISEASE RESEARCH ACT OF 1996

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak about a rare but 
deadly disease called lymphangiomyomatosis, or commonly referred to as 
LAM. The disease is so little known, it is commonly misdiagnosed and 
we, therefore, lose many opportunities to find a cure for this disease. 
Currently, it is always fatal.
  LAM affects only women, primarily women of childbearing age. Abnormal 
cells are spread throughout the woman's lungs, making breathing more 
and more painful and eventually causing death. Most victims of LAM die 
within 10 years of the onset of the disease.
  The Federal Government does all sorts of things it should not do and 
it wastes literally billions of dollars every year on things like 
paying big corporations to advertise overseas, paying farmers not to 
grow crops. There is no legitimate Federal role in things like that, 
but there is an important Federal role in conducting research on killer 
diseases such as LAM.
  Tht is why 15 of us, both Democrats and Republicans, have proposed 
the LAM Disease Research Act of 1996, devoting $5 million to help fight 
this disease. We ask our colleagues to join us in supporting this bill.

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