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On the recordOctober 24, 2001
I would like to say briefly that everyone's passion is personal. My personal passion is the mother-in-law I never had, who died from breast cancer at a very early age. My children never met their grandmother or their great grandmother or their aunt. So we have to find a cure for this horrible disease.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia

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Discussing the personal impact of breast cancer and the need for a cure.

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