[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 41 (Wednesday, April 5, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1769]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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 BREAST AND CERVICAL TREATMENT ACT COMING TO THE FLOOR BEFORE MOTHER'S 
                                  DAY

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, it has been a full 5 months since the Breast 
and Cervical Treatment Act was passed unanimously out of the Committee 
on Commerce. This life-saving bill currently has 289 cosponsors and 
enjoys strong bipartisan support.
  Mother's Day is approaching. What better gift for mothers and 
grandmothers around this country than to provide treatment for breast 
and cervical cancer to underserved women?
  I learned today that the House leadership has agreed to move H.R. 
1070 before Mother's Day. I applaud this decision and urge the Speaker 
to bring a clean bill to the floor for a vote.
  How much longer must the mothers of this Nation wait?

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