[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 22354]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                             BREAST CANCER

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, in Marin County, California, just north of 
the Golden Gate Bridge, the district that I represent, 150 women out of 
every 100,000 were diagnosed with breast cancer between 1991 and 1996. 
A 1994 Northern California Cancer Center study showed that Marin County 
has the highest breast cancer rate in the country. An alarming number 
of women are dying in Marin and across this country. We need to know 
why, and we need to make sure that all women have the care they need to 
survive this disease.
  The Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act would help protect women 
and save lives. This bill should not be encumbered by the words that 
the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) will try to add to the debate 
this morning or this afternoon. This bill has 270 cosponsors. It should 
be passed as it was presented.

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