[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12849]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        SUPPORT CANCER RESEARCH

  (Mr. WALDEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WALDEN. Mr. Speaker, I recently met with my good friend, Linda 
Sindt, a former colonel in the United States Air Force from Medford, 
Oregon. For many years, Linda has served on my service academy 
nominations board, helping me find honorable young men and women to 
serve their country in our academies.
  This time, though, we discussed a much different issue. Last year, 
Linda lost her husband, U.S. Air Force Major Duane Sindt, to pancreatic 
cancer. It's a terrible disease with an extremely low survival rate. We 
owe it to Linda and other families affected by this disease to help 
improve treatment and to find a cure.
  So last year, with the help of Linda and her fellow advocates, 
Congress passed and the President signed the Recalcitrant Cancer 
Research Act, which helps incentivize research and treatment for this 
horrible disease and others like it. There is still much more work to 
be done, but we are hopeful we can continue to build upon this effort 
and find treatments and cures to help patients and families nationwide.

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