[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5151]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            SISTERS NETWORK

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise to give tribute and 
congratulate Sisters Network, a national organization of African 
American women who have come together to stamp out breast cancer. 
Proudly, they will hold their first walk against breast cancer and 
seeking a cure this April 10, 2010, in Houston, Texas. They will be 
holding their national convention. Karen Jackson is their president and 
a survivor. I have had the pleasure of speaking to these wonderful 
women who go and reach out to others to help them secure an opportunity 
for preventative care.
  I am glad we have just recently passed a health care bill that will 
provide mammograms and preventative care for women so that we can stop 
this horrible disease. And the only way we can do it is to be 
preventative, to have testing, and to ensure that you are seeing a 
doctor.
  We will be walking to save lives on April 10, but this health care 
bill will be a partner in saving lives and helping these women who 
suffer. Now they will have a reason to know that there is hope.

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