[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 125 (Thursday, September 18, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7532]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        NATIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY DAY

  (Mr. BASS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, today I am introducing a House resolution in 
support of the goals of National Mammography Day. National Mammography 
Day was founded by breast cancer and health care organizations to 
increase awareness about the critical importance of regular mammography 
screening and to make available education and low-cost mammograms to 
underserved women.
  The resolution complements those efforts to help increase awareness 
about the importance of regular mammography screening. It also 
recognizes the significant contributions of community organizations to 
women's health and urges all women to take an active role in the fight 
against breast cancer by all means available to them, including regular 
mammograms.
  Mr. Speaker, 180,200 women in America will be diagnosed with breast 
cancer this year; 43,900 will die because of the disease. We do know 
that early detection and prompt treatment of breast cancer could result 
in a third fewer breast cancer deaths each year. Mammograms are the 
single best method of detecting breast cancer in its earliest stages.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in cosponsoring this resolution which 
I will introduce today.

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