[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7543]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                   CANCER RESEARCH VITALLY IMPORTANT

  (Mr. TAUZIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TAUZIN. Mr. Speaker, I take this moment for very personal 
reasons. At this moment my mother, Enola, is recovering in a hospital 
in New Orleans, Ochsner Clinic, from her third very important cancer 
surgery.
  In 1960 she was operated on for breast cancer, and survived that 
awful plague. In 1980 she was operated on for lung cancer, and survived 
that awful condition. Today the doctors reported to me just a few 
minutes ago that Mom has come through successful uterine cancer surgery 
with at least a 90 percent chance of recovery.
  Mom, to you and to all the cancer survivors across America, what an 
inspiration you are to your family and to this country in the fights 
you wage against this awful disease.
  To all who struggle in the fields of research, and who raise the 
monies and spend those critically short dollars to find a cure for this 
awful disease, I ask them to keep up their great work. They have given 
me my mother all these years, and I deeply appreciate them.
  Mom, God bless you, and a speedy recovery, dear.

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