[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 13, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1216]
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        RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER AS PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

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                           HON. PETER T. KING

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 13, 2017

  Mr. KING of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize National 
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month this September and the estimated 26,000 
men who will die from this disease by year's end.
   Prostate cancer is a disease that develops in the male reproductive 
system located in the prostate. Among American males, prostate cancer 
is the most diagnosed cancer and has the second highest cancer-related 
cause of death. My own father died of prostate cancer. However, like 
many other forms of cancer, early detection is vital to successful 
treatment.
   As a nation, we have a duty and responsibility to serve and save the 
American public. Federal funding for prostate cancer research has 
accounted for, on average, only 5 percent of our nation's annual cancer 
research budget even though it is responsible for about 26 percent of 
all cancer cases and about 9 percent of cancer deaths in men. I 
encourage my fellow Members of Congress in joining me to make prostate 
cancer awareness, research, and early detection a national health care 
priority by ensuring adequate resources are readily available to save 
American lives. When it comes to saving Americans, we must see to that 
everyone has a clean bill of health.
   Our efforts to bring awareness to prostate cancer must continue 
beyond the month of September. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to help raise 
and maintain awareness for this humane cause and invite my colleagues 
on both sides of the aisle to join me in this fight. Though the number 
of American men diagnosed with prostate cancer has fallen by nearly 6 
percent each year over the past decade, we still have a long ways until 
a cure can be found.

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