Sheila Jackson Lee: “I thank the gentleman so very much. Mr. Chair, it is a disease, however, that can be conquered. Triple negative breast…”

“I thank the gentleman so very much. Mr. Chair, it is a disease, however, that can be conquered. Triple negative breast cancer, TNBC, accounts for between 13 percent and 25 percent of all breast cancers in the United States. It is of a higher grade, and it onsets at a young age. That means these women are in the United States military. Finally, because it continues, there is a need for research funding for biomarker selection, drug discovery, and clinical trials that will lead to the early detection of TNBC and to the development of multiple targeted therapies to treat this awful disease. My amendment would provide for that. In coming from Houston, Texas, with MD Anderson Cancer Center, I can tell you that they are looking at major research that can be very helpful between the NIH and the Department of Defense. I hope my amendment will stay in this particular bill, and I hope it will go to the Senate and will be signed by the President. Mr. Chair, I thank Chairman Thornberry, Ranking Member Adam Smith and the Rules Committee for making in order and including Jackson Lee Amendment and including it in En Bloc Amendment Number 2 to the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017.'' This is the first of 3 Jackson Lee amendments made in order by the House Rules Committee. Jackson Lee Amendment Number 45, calls for increased collaboration between the DoD and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to combat Triple Negative Breast Cancer.…”