[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 157 (Wednesday, October 17, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H11643]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                     BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. MORAN of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Breast 
Cancer Awareness Month. Virtually every American has been impacted in 
one way or another by this deadly disease. More than 3 million women 
currently live with breast cancer. Each year tens of thousands of our 
wives, our mothers, our daughters will die from it. One of our 
colleagues, Congresswoman Jo Ann Davis, was just taken before her time 
from breast cancer.
  Unfortunately, despite medical advances, breast cancer remains the 
second leading cause of cancer death among American women. In the 
United States, one in seven will develop the disease during her 
lifetime. But still a cure remains elusive. Congress hasn't given up 
the fight. H.R. 1157, the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act, 
and H.R. 715, the Annie Fox Act, are two bills that would bring crucial 
Federal support to two key areas of breast cancer research: research 
into environmental causes of the disease, and research into the causes 
of the disease in young women who tend to develop more aggressive forms 
of it.
  Additionally, in this year's Defense appropriations bill, $127.5 
million was approved by the House for breast cancer research.
  Women all over the country are organizing to raise national 
awareness. The Alexandria, Virginia Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness 
this Saturday is a prime example of the activism which is bound to make 
a difference in our daughters' lives.

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