Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record two letters relating to my amendment. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: LSU Health Sciences Center, October 23, 2009. Re Mobile Mammography Promotion Act Hon. David Vitter: I am writing in support of the Mobile Mammography Act which will eliminate the Federal Excise tax on fuel for mobile mammography vehicles. At the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, this year we have put our mobile mammography vehicle into service. We perform free mammograms for the uninsured and underinsured in North Louisiana. As you know this is an expensive operation and fuel costs can be significant. Any savings in fuel cost will allow us to reach more patients in our service area. Mobile Mammography is especially important in Louisiana, which according to 2005 SEER statistics has the highest breast cancer mortality of all the states. The rural areas in Louisiana are particularly underserved as 40% of the parishes in North Louisiana have no mammography facilities; and those parishes with mammography are often unaffordable to our lower income patients. On behalf of the women in Louisiana. I applaud your efforts and support for a vital resource--mobile mammography. Sincerely, Jerry W. McLarty, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Director, Cancer Prevention & Control. ____ Mobile Health Clinics Network, October 29, 2009. Hon. David Vitter, U.S.…”