[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5200]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



        SUPPORTING THE BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER TREATMENT ACT

  (Ms. BERKLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BERKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 
1070, the Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act, legislation which 
will give the States the ability to provide treatment for uninsured and 
underinsured women battling breast and cervical cancer.
  I am pleased that the leadership has finally agreed to bring this 
critically important legislation to the House floor for a vote no later 
than Mother's Day, May 14. There is absolutely no excuse to miss this 
opportunity to save women's lives in this country.
  To date, the bill has 290 bipartisan cosponsors, well over the 
required number to pass a bill on the Suspension Calendar. In addition, 
the National Breast Cancer Coalition and over 500 leading health care 
and women's organizations have said that passage of H.R. 1070 is one of 
their top priorities this Congress.
  Let us give our grandmothers, our mothers, our sisters, and our 
daughters the gift of life. Let us pass H.R. 1070 at the earliest 
opportunity.

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