[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 9, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H7304]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               NATIONAL CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize September as 
National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Cancer continues to be a 
leading cause of death by disease for America's children.
  Every year in the United States, almost 16,000 children under the age 
of 21 are diagnosed with cancer. Approximately one-fourth of these 
children will not survive. Two prominent health institutions in western 
New York, Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Women & Children's Hospital 
in Buffalo, work collaboratively to conduct research, provide 
treatment, and raise awareness on behalf of these children.
  I urge my colleagues to support increased funding for the National 
Cancer Institute.

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