[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15643]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           PANCREATIC CANCER

  (Ms. HAHN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on World Pancreatic Cancer Day in 
solidarity with those who have been affected by this deadly disease. I 
join Members of Congress, my staff, and many others walking the Halls 
of Congress today wearing Purple for a Purpose to convince my 
colleagues that we must increase funding for pancreatic cancer 
research.
  Too often a pancreatic cancer diagnosis is a death sentence. We can 
change that. Fifty years ago, breast cancer was also killing women at 
an alarming rate, and women are now fighting and beating breast cancer 
because well-funded scientific research has vastly improved screening 
and treatment.
  I am thinking today of my friend Larry Clark, a former Rancho Palos 
Verdes mayor, who has found the strength to fight pancreatic cancer and 
advocate for others. Let us answer their call today. Let us wage hope, 
and let us try to double the pancreatic cancer survival rate by 2020.

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