[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 83 (Monday, May 21, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1098]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


              BREAST CANCER AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ACT

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                         HON. CAROL SHEA-PORTER

                            of new hampshire

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 21, 2007

  Ms. SHEA-PORTER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to 
join me and over 200 other Members in cosponsoring H.R. 1157, the 
Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act. With just one more day 
until Mother's Day, it is important for us in Congress to honor the 
women in our lives and work to bring an end to diseases such as breast 
cancer. Each year, tens of thousands of women die from this disease and 
more than 3 million women are currently living with breast cancer. 
Important advances have been made, but we still do not know what causes 
this disease, or how to prevent it.
  This bill will establish a research program at the National 
Institutes of Health to study the potential links between breast cancer 
and the environment--authorizing $40 million a year for five years for 
NIH studies.
  Hopefully, this research will help mitigate the devastating effects 
this disease inflicts on mothers, sisters, wives, daughters and 
families across the Nation. The National Breast Cancer Coalition has 
worked tirelessly to advance the fight against breast cancer, as we 
celebrate Mother's Day this year, I urge my colleagues to join me in 
co-sponsoring H.R. 1157, the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research 
Act.

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