[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17796-17797]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, last week, many parents throughout our 
districts sent their wide-eyed, youthful, energetic and anxious 
children off to their first day of school. What is disturbing to every 
one of us who may be a parent is that on any given school day, 46 
children are diagnosed with cancer and two out of three will not 
survive.
  September is Childhood Cancer Month, placing the spotlight on 
pediatric cancer, the number one disease killer of our children.
  While these statistics may be depressing, the research and innovation

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into providing early diagnoses and finding a cure proved to be very 
hopeful for many of us parents.
  Mr. Speaker, Congress must remain committed to funding cancer 
research programs, especially for pediatric cancer. As we participate 
in the Childhood Cancer Gold Ribbon Day, let us remember the youthful 
victims of cancer.
  Congress must fully fund pediatric cancer research to ensure that 
they become youthful survivors instead of youthful victims.

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