[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1551]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I introduced a resolution to 
designate March as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. I want 
to thank Senators Lautenberg, Menendez, and Enzi for introducing a 
similar resolution in the Senate. I also want to thank the entire New 
Jersey delegation and all those who signed on to this bipartisan 
resolution.
  This issue is very personal to me, as I lost my father, the late 
Congressman Donald Payne, Sr., to colon cancer just last March. It 
became my mission to raise awareness of the importance of cancer 
screening.
  While colorectal cancer is one of the most preventable forms of 
cancer, it remains the second leading cause of cancer death in the 
United States. In New Jersey alone, 1,600 people will die of this 
disease this year.
  African Americans and Hispanics are at increased risk. Too many 
people forego screenings because of the perceptions around testing. But 
I am here to tell you: be a man; get tested. You just might save your 
own life.

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