In a new video, Rep. Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce Committee member and House Republican Conference chair, highlights the community and work behind Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
As the highest-ranking Republican woman serving in Congress, Rodgers’ video is designed to be encouraging to women who feel that they are facing breast cancer alone.
“About one in eight women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime,” she said. “Our ultimate goal should not be to provide life-long treatment, but to find life-saving cures. The work we are doing here in Congress -- to invest in research and development and advance real medical innovation right here at home -- seeks to help those who face a future of a disease without a cure. And it all starts by doing one thing: putting patients first.”
Rodgers’ call for change is founded in the 21st Century Cures Act; it serves as an important part of the health care agenda under House Republicans’ Better Way plan.
“Your fight is our fight,” Rodgers said. “With our 21st Century Cures Act and more, we’re pressing for resources and research into combating breast cancer and other diseases that still lack cures. With our work, we’re helping those who face life-threatening diseases and letting those who are battling cancer know that you aren’t alone.”
