[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 121 (Tuesday, September 11, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H5773]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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        RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize September as 
National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and I'm proud to represent 
the Nation's first comprehensive cancer center, Roswell Park Cancer 
Institute, an amazing place that continues to turn kids into survivors.
  Thirty years ago, less than 50 percent of those with childhood cancer 
lived beyond 5 years of their diagnosis. Today it's over 80 percent. 
According to the Centers for Disease Control, over the past 14 years, 
childhood leukemia deaths fell by 3 percent in each year.
  We know that cancer research saves lives. The only failure in cancer 
research is when you quit or you're forced to quit because of lack of 
funding.
  Last weekend, our community held a fund-raiser, along with the St. 
Baldrick's Foundation, in memory of Anna Rose Leavoy, a young girl who 
lost her battle with cancer only 2 weeks after her second birthday.
  We must recognize the urgent need to fully fund cancer research, to 
raise awareness for children like Anna Rose, and to find a cure.

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