    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book I)]
    [March 29, 1996]
    [Page 523]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Remarks on Signing the Cancer Control Month Proclamation
    March 29, 1996

        Ladies and gentlemen, as you know, we're going to have a ceremony
    over in the East Room in just a few moments, so I don't want to make my
    remarks twice. Let me just say that there is hardly a family in America
    who has not been touched by cancer. We have come a very, very long way
    in the fight against cancer. More people are survivors than ever before;
    more people are living longer than ever before. But we have a great deal
    more to do before we can be confident that we have actually done
    everything possible to give our children and our grandchildren the kind
    of future they deserve.
        And that's what this day is about. And that's what this proclamation
    declaring April Cancer Control Month is all about. And I'm glad to sign
    it, especially with these children behind me because they are the
    embodiment of our common endeavors.

    Note: The President spoke at 3:34 p.m. in the Oval Office at the White
    House. The proclamation is listed in Appendix D at the end of this
    volume.