Political Quotes

“I want to thank him and the Chair of the subcommittee for their hard work on this very important bill, a bill that had the very special concern of the Congressional Women's Caucus as well. Mr. Speaker, there was a time when talk of mammograms was for the 'cognizentti' the most conscious of women. Today mammography has become the primary engine for a virtual revolution in the battle against breast cancer. Women of all backgrounds and income groups are coming forward in large numbers to take advantage of mammography. Why has mammography become so important and so widely used? Part of the reason is that women are now convinced that the machinery is safe and reliable and that the people who in fact implement that procedure know what they are doing. The Mammography Quality Standards Act is at the center of this confidence of women and their families. The bill before us would reauthorize the act to 2002. It is important to have it reauthorized every few years because of changes in science. We who are in the Women's Congressional Caucus, virtually all the women in Congress, are particularly grateful for this bill because we choose this bill among seven as our priority must-pass bills.”