[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13900]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

  (Ms. CASTOR of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Mr. Speaker, with Breast Cancer Awareness 
Month right around the corner, the time is now to show American 
families that we are working to end breast cancer. In fact, we have a 
bill, H.R. 1197, the Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act, which 
has 273 bipartisan cosponsors.
  It should be brought to the floor immediately for debate and a vote. 
Why? Because even with so much advancement in medical research, a 
woman's chance of developing breast cancer has increased from one in 
eleven in 1975 to one in eight today. This year, over 40,000 women and 
over 400 men will die of breast cancer in this country alone.
  H.R. 1197 will focus on identifying strategies for the primary 
prevention of breast cancer and identifying methods to prevent breast 
cancer metastasis, thereby saving lives. With such broad bipartisan 
support, there is no reason why the Accelerating the End of Breast 
Cancer Act should not be brought up for a vote as quickly as possible.
  I want to thank the large majority of my colleagues for cosponsoring 
the Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act, and I encourage the 
Republican leadership to bring H.R. 1197 to the floor right away.

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