Breast Cancer And Environmental Research Act

Floor Speech

BREAST CANCER AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ACT -- (Extensions of Remarks - May 21, 2007)

* Ms. SHEA-PORTER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to join me and over 200 other Members in cosponsoring H.R. 1157, the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act. With just one more day until Mother's Day, it is important for us in Congress to honor the women in our lives and work to bring an end to diseases such as breast cancer. Each year, tens of thousands of women die from this disease and more than 3 million women are currently living with breast cancer. Important advances have been made, but we still do not know what causes this disease, or how to prevent it.

* This bill will establish a research program at the National Institutes of Health to study the potential links between breast cancer and the environment--authorizing $40 million a year for five years for NIH studies.

* Hopefully, this research will help mitigate the devastating effects this disease inflicts on mothers, sisters, wives, daughters and families across the Nation. The National Breast Cancer Coalition has worked tirelessly to advance the fight against breast cancer, as we celebrate Mother's Day this year, I urge my colleagues to join me in co-sponsoring H.R. 1157, the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act.

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