[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 40 (Monday, October 9, 2000)]
[Page 2311]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on Senate Passage of the ``Breast and Cervical Cancer Act of 
1999''

October 4, 2000

    I am extremely pleased that the Senate unanimously passed 
legislation today providing an important new health coverage option to 
low-income, uninsured women with breast cancer. With passage of the 
``Breast and Cervical Cancer Act of 1999,'' the Senate has virtually 
assured that the Congress will present me with legislation that I was 
pleased to include in this year's budget and that I will be proud to 
sign into law. I would like to thank my wife Hillary for her constant 
advocacy on behalf of this legislation. Her longstanding advocacy for 
women with breast cancer is well known and has been the inspiration 
behind this administration's unwavering commitment to this issue. I look 
forward to final passage of this important bill and the new security it 
will provide for thousands of women with breast cancer.