[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 124 (Thursday, September 19, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H5665-H5666]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         RECOGNIZING NATIONAL CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of our children suffering 
the unthinkable as we recognize September as National Childhood Cancer 
Awareness Month.
  Cancer is the leading cause of death from disease among U.S. children 
over the age of 1. Moreover, cancer kills more children than cystic 
fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, AIDS, asthma, and juvenile diabetes 
combined.

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  There are many organizations doing good work to raise awareness, 
conduct research, treat children with cancer, including Roswell Park 
Cancer Institute and Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, who are 
working together in western New York to cure our youngest cancer 
patients.
  Our children deserve to be cancer-free. They deserve the opportunity 
to be just kids and have a full life. They deserve a cure. We owe it to 
them and their families to make it happen by supporting strong Federal 
investments in cancer research far beyond what we're doing today.

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