[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13897]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 
my community in south Florida will be dressing in pink and hosting a 
myriad of activities to support the millions of women and men who have 
been afflicted by this terrible disease. With our combined efforts to 
educate and encourage early detection, we can save lives.
  A celebration of survivorship, Strides of Miami-Dade, put together by 
the American Cancer Society, is working toward groundbreaking research 
and patient services. This wonderful event will be taking place at the 
Miami Marlins Park on October 8.
  The Florida Breast Cancer Foundation will also be hosting its annual 
Kick Event for Breast Cancer on October 13, and that will help advance 
breast cancer treatment and lab research.
  Mr. Speaker, I encourage everyone in south Florida to participate in 
these events around our community to support those who are fighting 
this disease, to honor victims, and to reminisce about those whom we 
have lost to breast cancer.
  Let us make sure that we can redouble our efforts to defeat this 
terrible disease and continue at full force in order to do it.

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