Connie Morella: “As you know, on May 14, we will celebrate Mother's Day. To honor that day, I am pleased that the leadership has agreed…”

“As you know, on May 14, we will celebrate Mother's Day. To honor that day, I am pleased that the leadership has agreed to schedule a vote on H.R. 1070, which is the Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act. This legislation will provide treatment for low-income, uninsured working women who are diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer. H.R. 1070 will give States the option of providing Medicaid coverage for these women if they are screened by the CDC's early detection program and found to have cancer, that is, the Centers for Disease Control. The program now provides screening for breast and cervical cancer, but can you believe it does not provide for treatment? H.R. 1070 will correct this. If we offer this screening, we must offer the treatment. Mr. Speaker, the funding for H.R. 1070 is included in the budget resolution that the House recently passed. It enjoys strong bipartisan support. Let us do the right thing. In honor of Mother's Day, let us pass H.R. 1070.”