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Support the Robust Funding for the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute

Floor Speech

Date: July 16, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care Government Budget and Spending

Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of robust funding for the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute. This funding is critically necessary to support life-saving research for diseases like pancreatic cancer.

In the 112th Congress, I cosponsored the Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act, which calls on the National Cancer Institute to develop a scientific framework for combating pancreatic cancer and lung cancer. This scientific framework will identify the most promising avenues for research and coordinate resources to achieve a greater impact.
Mr. Speaker, strategic investment in pancreatic cancer research is absolutely crucial.

While overall cancer incidence and death rates are declining, pancreatic cancer remains the deadliest of all major forms of cancer. Pancreatic cancer has a devastatingly low five-year survival rate of just six percent, and it will impact over 45,000 Americans this year.

Unfortunately, funding for the NIH and the National Cancer Institute has been declining due to inflation and sequestration. I urge my colleagues to support a permanent fix to sequestration and provide the resources needed to help every American suffering from cancer.


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