Joe Barton: “It is actually a breast sensor pad which is designed to be used by women to self-examine their breasts to see if they…”

“It is actually a breast sensor pad which is designed to be used by women to self-examine their breasts to see if they have breast cancer lumps. Mr. Speaker, it took the FDA 10 years to approve this simple device for limited use under a doctor's prescription for women to self-examine their breasts. The gentlewoman from Nevada [Mrs. Vucanovich] and myself are introducing today a bill that would make this device, which literally could save thousands of lives each year, available over the counter so that millions of American women can go into their drugstore and purchase this and in the privacy of their home self-examine their breasts to see if they have cancer lumps. We desperately need to get this device available. Nancy Brinker, whose sister, Susan B. Komen, died of breast cancer, and who has established a breast cancer research center in her sister's name, has told me that this simple device is very, very useful and should be available to every American woman who wishes to purchase it.”