Phil Gingrey: “I just wanted to come down quickly and support Representative Issa and H. Con. Res. 473, this resolution regarding…”

“I just wanted to come down quickly and support Representative Issa and H. Con. Res. 473, this resolution regarding gynecologic cancer. I spent a lot of years in my former life as a practitioner of the specialty of gynecology and obstetrics, and that dreaded fear of the big C-word, cancer, for women, particularly ovarian cancer that is so deadly. That is why it is so important that this resolution be brought forward to the Congress and bring some recognition to this dreaded disease. Mr. Issa and I were talking earlier today about ovarian cancer, in particular, and how difficult it is to detect. It is commonly thought you can do a blood test, but it is not a good screening test for ovarian cancer. There are other things that we can do, and we need to make sure that the American public and our colleagues in the Congress are aware of that. It costs money, certainly, but it saves lives. I urge Members to support this very, very important resolution.”