Senators Specter (R-PA) and Harkin (D-IA) Offer Amendment to Increase Cancer Funding – TAKE ACTION NOW

Posted by Joe Arite on March 22nd, 2007

Senator Specter (R-PA) and Senator Harkin (D-IA) offered a Budget Amendment on Wednesday proposing a $2.2 billion increase for health programs in America. A vote is expected as early as Friday, March 23rd.

WE MUST ACT TODAY!!

This Amendment will help to secure funds for cancer research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and for cancer programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including the Colorectal Cancer Screening, Education, and Outreach Initiative.

Please contact your Senators RIGHT NOW and urge them to vote in favor of this amendment.

Follow this link to email your Senators directly through our website.

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One Response to “Senators Specter (R-PA) and Harkin (D-IA) Offer Amendment to Increase Cancer Funding – TAKE ACTION NOW”

  1. March 22, 2007 at 9:31 pm, Karlie said:

    Hi Dusty,

    I’m Suzanne’s daughter. Here is my own paragraph to the Texas senators.

    Colorectal cancer affects men and women of all walks of life but it affects kids, too. I’ve lived with colon cancer for eight years because my mom has had it that long. I’ve seen the chemo make her sick and her hair fall out. She got an infection in her leg because of the medications once and almost had to lose it. My mom doesn’t cry very much but she did then. It was hard to watch her hurt like that. I have two friends whose mom died from colon cancer just a few months ago. I’m scared that might happen to my mom, too. I am only 16 but I am making a difference. When my mom came to visit your
    office this week I spoke at an American Cancer Society meeting that she missed. I asked the whole audience if they had their colonoscopy and then I passed out blue star pins, information on Colorectal Cancer Coalition, and I asked them all to call your office. I hope they did. If I can make a difference, you can make a really big one.

    Karlie

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