[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2491]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING NANCY BRINKER

  (Mr. KLEIN of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. KLEIN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as we begin National 
Cancer Prevention Month to honor an extraordinary member of our south 
Florida community, Mrs. Nancy Brinker. Nancy is the founder of the 
Susan G. Komen Foundation, the largest charity in the world. Named 
after Nancy's only sister who succumbed to breast cancer in 1980, the 
foundation has raised tens of millions of dollars for research and 
currently includes 100,000 volunteers worldwide.
  As many of you know, the signature event of the Susan G. Komen 
Foundation is its annual Race for the Cure. This past weekend, I was 
honored to participate with many others for the Race for the Cure held 
in West Palm Beach, where I walked in honor of my sister who was 
recently diagnosed with breast cancer. At this event, I was delighted 
to meet Nancy in person and thank her for her tireless efforts in 
fighting this terrible disease.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize Nancy Brinker and all of the 
participants in the 2009 West Palm Beach Race for the Cure for their 
commitment to defeating breast cancer.

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