[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9444]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



        A TRIBUTE TO THE TEXAS BAY AREA AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

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                           HON. NICK LAMPSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 25, 2000

  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commend the Texas Bay Area 
American Cancer Society.
  Anyone who has a friend or family member stricken by cancer knows the 
importance of the American Cancer Society. We have all heard of the 
great accomplishments in fighting cancer during the past decade, and 
ACS has played a key role. Raising millions of dollars to research 
cancer treatments and cures are perhaps the most well known of its 
efforts. There is also the Society's important work to prevent cancer 
through education and other efforts.
  Its assistance to those struggling with the disease is perhaps most 
closely felt. Cancer victims and their families turn to the American 
Cancer Society for support when the fight against cancer become all too 
personal. There are countless survivors who know what a difference the 
Society can make.
  An effective, national organization, the American Cancer Society 
derives its greatest strength from its volunteers and activists across 
the nation. I wish to just highlight one of its many local groups, the 
Bay Area American Cancer Society in the southeast of Texas. Stretching 
from Friendswood, to Pearland, through Webster and Nassau Bay, the 
Baytown Chapter encompasses more than a dozen small towns. These 
diverse communities across the Clear Lake area of Texas join together 
in their fight against cancer.
  The educational work of the Bay Area American Cancer Society doesn't 
stop in Clear Lake, or even in Texas. We hear their message even here 
in the nation's Capitol. Whether it is the call for critical federal 
research funds or to support coverage of routine patient care costs for 
Medicare beneficiaries with cancer, it is the local activists who alert 
me to the key issues in the fight against cancer.
  I applaud their efforts, I applaud their accomplishment, and I join 
in their dream to end the disease of cancer that touches too many lives 
and families.

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