Recognizing the Grand Opening of City of Hope in Newport Beach, California

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Mr. ROUDA. Madam Speaker, I, along with Representatives Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr., J. Luis Correa, Mike Levin, Alan Lowenthal, Katie Porter, and Linda T. Sanchez, rise to recognize the grand opening of City of Hope in Newport Beach, California. This is City of Hope's first Orange County location and it will make a tremendous impact in enhancing the lives of residents by providing highly specialized care and pioneering cancer research closer to home. City of Hope is a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Each year, more than 100 million people worldwide benefit from scientific and clinical discoveries made at City of Hope. For the first time, Orange County residents will have local access to City of Hope's network of world-renowned cancer specialists and groundbreaking treatments.

With the opening of City of Hope's Newport Beach location, the organization, which has been named by U.S. News & World Report as the top-ranked cancer hospital in California, fulfills its promise of providing lifesaving treatments to Orange County and launches a new era in cancer care. City of Hope is also developing a comprehensive cancer campus in Irvine, California.

City of Hope was founded more than a century ago to address a pressing medical need. Its arrival in Orange County also answers the call of a community where nearly 20 percent of cancer patients have needed to leave the area for advanced cancer care. City of Hope is bringing the latest in personalized therapies, highly specialized physicians, and nationally recognized compassionate care to our local community, which will positively impact patient healing.

We ask that all Members join us in recognizing the extraordinary work and contributions of City of Hope and their efforts to eradicate cancer and bring tomorrow's discoveries to the people who need them today, in Orange County and around the world.

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