[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 27, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E897-E898]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING THE STEVE AND NANCY FOX CANCER CENTER

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                         HON. VERONICA ESCOBAR

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 27, 2023

  Ms. ESCOBAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commend the Fox Family Foundation 
for their transformative investment to Texas Tech University Health 
Sciences Center El Paso to help launch the ``Steve and Nancy Fox Cancer 
Center,'' the first comprehensive cancer center in West Texas.
  Steve Fox, who has called El Paso home for the past 45 years, is 
President and Chief Executive Officer of Fox Auto Team, a group of car 
dealerships based in El Paso. He is a cancer warrior, who battled stage 
4 tongue and neck cancer over two decades ago. Steve Fox has tirelessly 
advocated for comprehensive cancer care in our community and has served 
on the board of the Rio Grande Cancer Foundation and MD Anderson's 
Board of Visitors and Advance Team. For 20 years, it has

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been his dream to bring comprehensive cancer care to El Paso, and this 
year, that dream came true when the Texas legislature approved a 
historic $65 million plan to build a cancer center. The Fox Family's 
investment will support clinical trials, research and recruitment of 
world-class physicians, nurses, and researchers to the center.
  With Cancer being one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. 
Hispanic population and El Paso having an 83 percent Hispanic 
population and 395 cancer cases per every 100,000 Hispanics, the Steve 
and Nancy Fox Cancer Center is expected to help close gaps and increase 
Hispanic participation in cancer research and clinical trials.
  Today, it is my privilege to honor Steve and Nancy Fox, and their two 
daughters, Paige, and Ashley, for the magic they have produced through 
their several community initiatives and thank them for helping bring a 
center that will serve as a beacon of progress in the fight against 
cancer.

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