[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 65 (Thursday, April 15, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E398-E399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING THE LIFE OF GRACE PUGH

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                        HON. GRACE F. NAPOLITANO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 15, 2021

  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Madam Speaker, it is with great sadness that I rise 
to honor the life of Grace Pugh, a West Covina resident who died on 
April 6, 2021.
  For over 38 years, Ms. Pugh served as a volunteer for the American 
Cancer Society, and as a Legislative Ambassador with the American 
Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. She was a three-time breast 
cancer survivor and saw first-hand its devastating impact. Ms. Pugh 
lost both her mother and her grandson to cancer, and her two sisters 
were cancer survivors. This personal experience helped drive her deep 
and profound commitment to fight back against cancer.
  As an advocate with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action 
Network, Ms. Pugh used her boundless energy and passion to help build 
bipartisan support for legislation to help advance the fight against 
cancer. She traveled multiple times to Washington, D.C. and Sacramento, 
CA to meet with her elected representatives, and regularly visited 
their district offices, sent emails, and made phone calls to convey the 
importance and urgency of making the fight against cancer a top 
priority.
  Ms. Pugh devoted countless hours of her time and worked tirelessly to 
help educate people about prevention and early detection, and support 
for patients, survivors, and caregivers. She dedicated herself to the 
American Cancer Society's patient support services, including the Reach 
to Recovery Program, which provides one-on-one support to those 
diagnosed with breast cancer.

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  I extend my sincere sympathies to Ms. Pugh's three children, Bud, 
Kathy, and Ken, her six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and 
to the extended Pugh family and friends. I ask that my colleagues in 
the United States House of Representatives join us to honor this 
fearless advocate.

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