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




               BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES

  (Mr. SCOTT of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join with others 
in expressing my support for breast cancer survivors and their families 
as we recognize the month of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
  As the husband of a breast cancer survivor, my courageous wife, 
Alfredia Scott, I join with countless others in honoring the courage of 
other breast cancer patients as they fight to overcome this devastating 
disease. We honor their families, as they stand with them, hurting just 
as badly, as they watch over and support their loved ones through their 
treatment. We honor the doctors, the nurses, and the health care 
professionals who provide critical help for these patients.
  Almost everyone in America has been touched by this disease, which 
strikes one in nine women; and it is the second leading cause of death 
for women. As many of my colleagues have already noted, our Nation will 
lose 40,000 people this year. Almost 212,000 new cases will be 
diagnosed.

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  We, as legislators, have a responsibility. We must do whatever we can 
to stop this disease.
  As a Georgia State senator, I fought for funding for breast cancer 
research, and I authored the law that gives breast cancer patients the 
right to determine their length of stay in the hospital and the medical 
treatment they receive rather than the insurance companies.
  Our inspiration is great: breast cancer survivors who have won their 
fight, and the friends and families of those women who did not. I urge 
us to work harder and make sure that we bring a cure to this deadly 
disease.

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