[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13820]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUNDING AND NURSE REINVESTMENT ACT PASSED IN 
                                 HOUSE

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, two very important legislative 
initiatives passed today, and I would like to acknowledge the 
importance of H. Con. Res. 385. This bill expresses the Congress that 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services should conduct research on 
certain tests to screen for ovarian cancer. Out of the work of the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Israel) and the great leadership of the 
gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), a survivor of this cancer, 
it is very important for women who suffer from this, as well as those 
not yet diagnosed, to realize this legislation will help, I believe, in 
bringing down the numbers of those who are not able to survive with 
this disease.
  Experts estimate that more than 23,000 cases of ovarian cancer will 
be diagnosed this year with an estimated 13,000 dying. This legislation 
will help us focus on research for ovarian cancer, and I believe it is 
an important initiative.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to add my applause for the Nurse 
Reinvestment Act for 2002 sponsored by the gentlewoman from California 
(Mrs. Capps) for the important resources it will bring to improving the 
professional development of nurses around the Nation, but also 
recruiting nurses. In my community as we speak, the Black Nurses 
Association will be meeting in Houston, Texas. They have been on the 
forefront of increasing the professional development of nurses, and 
providing opportunities for recruiting nurses, compensation for nurses, 
and the respect for nurses. The Nurses Reinvestment Act will give us 
the opportunity to increase the nursing population, or those who are 
seeking to train as nurses, increasing the professionalism of nurses, 
and thank them for providing good health care in America.

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