[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 120 (Thursday, September 12, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H5516-H5517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           PANCREATIC CANCER

  (Mr. GARCIA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GARCIA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to draw attention to a 
disease that plagues our Nation and my home State of Florida--that is 
pancreatic cancer.
  Unfortunately, pancreatic cancer today remains the fourth leading 
cause of cancer death, with a 5-year survival rate of just 6 percent. 
In 2013, the Pancreatic Cancer Network anticipates that there will be 
3,380 new cases of pancreatic cancer in Florida alone.
  Last year, Congress passed the Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act, 
which calls on the National Cancer Institute to help develop a 
scientific framework for combating pancreatic cancer. This was an 
important step forward, but there is clearly more that we can do and 
should be done.
  We must continue to fund investments in the National Cancer 
Institute's research so that they can better

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understand how to prevent and treat this disease. Therefore, I urge my 
colleagues to support this critical funding and to renew and strengthen 
our commitment to combating pancreatic cancer.

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