[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26412]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

  (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 the San Francisco Bay area, especially 
in Marin County in my congressional district, we have some of the 
highest rates of breast cancer in the Nation. While the toll on Bay 
area residents has been enormous and heart-breaking, community 
activists and local health officials are meeting this challenge, 
providing support to patients and survivors and working to find causes 
of this epidemic.
  Women feel powerless when confronted with the increasing likelihood 
of contracting breast cancer; but as the Marin County breast cancer 
community has demonstrated through prevention and research, with hard 
work and dedication, we will beat this disease.
  In memory of those who have died of breast cancer and in support of 
those fighting this terrible disease, and with hope that our daughters 
and granddaughters will not face this epidemic, I urge all women to 
acknowledge Breast Cancer Awareness Month by taking care of their own 
health and joining with others to win the war against breast cancer.

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