[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 17, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H5576]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               NATIONAL CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, this is National Childhood Cancer Awareness 
Month.
  Childhood cancers are the leading cause of death by disease amongst 
children in our country; and each year, nearly 13,400 children are 
diagnosed with cancer.
  I have been privileged to have met with many doctors and researchers 
who spend every day searching for answers in Minnesota's award-winning 
institutions, like the Mayo Clinic, the Children's Hospital of 
Minnesota, the Gillette Children's Hospital, and the University of 
Minnesota. There is no doubt that we can be proud of the incredible 
work that they are doing in Minnesota.
  I am also cosponsoring legislation that will make cancer treatments 
more affordable for families and will encourage the development of new 
treatments by redirecting taxpayer funds that are spent on Presidential 
campaigns into childhood cancer research.
  Mr. Speaker, we all look forward to the day when cancer is 100 
percent treatable in our children, and that's why I stand alongside 
doctors and families and, most importantly, cancer patients in the 
search for a cure.

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