I hope we do not lose our focus on that issue.
I am very worried that the current conflicting and confusing messages are not going to help our efforts to expand access.
Thank you very much, Madam Chairman, first for having this hearing, which I think is so important today.
This is not just an issue for women in their 40's or 50's, but for women who are in their 20's and 30's.
Well, thank you, and I do hope that you will use your position to help us find the cure, because that is what has been missing for all these...
I hope, as we all do, that we will soon arrive at answers to the many questions before us on this matter.
I am concerned after reading the recent Washington Post article that women will not be encouraged to get a mammogram.
That is right, Madam Chairman, and you and I, of course, have worked on many cancer issues and trying to fund cancer research.
It is our responsibility to further ensure that the public is encouraged to take the steps necessary to detect cancer at an early stage.
This legislation addresses the issue of mammography. It mandates that everyone has a right to receive a mammogram who is 40 years of age or ...
in 1994, the Government representative came forward and said women should not have mammograms until they are 50.
we ought to leave that to the experts.
Well, again, we're trying to clear this up and trying to get a definitive answer to women out there.
I thought the answer to that was, all other things being equal, yes, it makes a difference.
It is very difficult to make up your mind when you are faced with a life-threatening illness.
Every single person I talked to yesterday in my State of Iowa answered yes.
Of course, the ultimate goal of all the money that we have been putting into breast cancer research is to hopefully find a means of preventi...
Breast cancer is a disease I take very seriously. I lost my only two sisters to this killer.
