[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 20, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H4224]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            THE BREAST CANCER AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ACT

  (Mr. BISHOP of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the 
over 3 million women living with breast cancer, the leading cause of 
death among women between 40 and 55, including my sister-in-law, Abby 
Irwin, who died at only age 41 after an 11-year struggle.
  One bill that would achieve a great deal to expand prevention and 
perhaps one day lead to a cure is H.R. 2231, the Breast Cancer and 
Environmental Research Act. This important legislation would establish 
multidisciplinary and multi-institutional breast cancer research 
centers to study the potential links between breast cancer and the 
environment.
  Although this bill enjoys the support of 246 bipartisan cosponsors, 
and its companion has 64 Senate cosponsors, not a single hearing has 
been called since it was introduced over 1 year ago.
  If we are going to make a serious commitment to preventing and curing 
breast cancer, we must pass this legislation. Our mothers, daughters, 
sisters, and friends who are at risk deserve no less than our greatest 
effort to eradicate this tragic and all too prevalent disease.
  Mr. Speaker, I encourage all of my colleagues to cosponsor the Breast 
Cancer and Environmental Research Act. I would further urge our 
leadership to expedite consideration of this bill.

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