[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 19 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H765]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     NATIONAL CANCER PREVENTION DAY

  (Mr. BENISHEK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BENISHEK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight the important 
health care issues surrounding the National Cancer Prevention Day.
  This day is an opportunity for health care providers, policymakers, 
and other community leaders to educate people on the healthy activities 
and behaviors that can prevent this disease. While we learn more and 
more every year about how to best treat cancer, more must be done to 
focus on preventing cases from ever occurring. Today is a reminder to 
patients to make it their business to learn of activities and behaviors 
to decrease the incidence of this disease.
  As a doctor who treated patients in northern Michigan for over 30 
years, I am far too familiar with the devastating impact that cancer 
has on countless lives every day. I hope that all of my colleagues in 
the House and the Senate will join me in the 114th Congress to remember 
the victims of cancer, to honor its survivors, and to do everything in 
our power to prevent future cases of this disease.

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