[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 101 (Thursday, June 26, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H5771]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK LETTER

  (Mr. McKINLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McKINLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to share a letter from a 
10-year-old, Stephanie Santilli of Philippi, West Virginia. She wrote:

       Seven-and-a-half years ago on October 4, 2007, my Uncle Jim 
     passed away due to pancreatic cancer. His cancer was found 
     too late because of being misdiagnosed too many times, and a 
     CT scan finally found the cancer. His son Isaac was only 9 
     when his father died. He is missed by so many. I hope that 
     some day a cure a found so other families don't have to go 
     through the same pain we have.

  Her story is just one of many across the Nation. For every 100 people 
diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, only six survive.
  Madam Speaker, by funding the research to develop a cure, we honor 
Stephanie's uncle and those we have lost to pancreatic cancer.

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