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Congress Demonstrates Strong Commitment to Cancer Prevention and Cures in FY26 Appropriations Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Congressional Appropriations Committees released the FY2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill that reaffirms the bipartisan commitment to advancing cancer research and saving lives by continued and increased funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The bill includes: $47.2 billion for NIH, which is a $415 million increase as compared to ... also prioritized advances in the childhood cancer fight with important funding for research and policy changes that will improve access to care, and funded increases in cancer prevention, including funding for the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and ...

Minnesotans Honor Lives Impacted by Cancer with Hopeful, Powerful Display at State Capitol

... resident. “Cancer patients and survivors need to know we’re still here advocating for them, for critical research funds and access to health care,” she added. Whiting has seen the impact of cancer on families and knows the pain of losing loved ones to this dreaded disease. That’s why ...

Wisconsin Cancer Advocates Send Powerful Message to Lawmakers with Touching Lights of Hope Display

... at the University of Wisconsin and American Cancer Society research scholar, spoke during the event and urged lawmakers to expand access to health care and approve critical research funds. “Today, advancements in cancer research are saving more lives than ever. Strong and consistent federal ...

2018 Legislative Session Update

... 10 years the program has reduced smoking rates to the lowest we have ever seen and saved the state over $17.7 billion dollars in smoking related health care costs.   We would like to thank you for your continued commitment, and for the important role you played in a very successful legislative ...

Feinstein-Mikulski-Collins Amendment Would Add $390 Million to Budget for Cancer Research and Programs

... (D-MD) and Susan Collins (R-ME), would provide an additional $390 million in cancer funding for Fiscal Year 2007 at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The amendment addresses cancer specific research and programs with increases of $240 million ... the support of federal lawmakers. We hope the entire Senate will join their colleagues and support this amendment because cancer research and care belong in the lab and in the doctor’s office, not on the cutting room floor.” Both amendments would counter congressional action last fall ...

Cancer Community Leaders Make Case for Federal Funding to Deliver Promising Local Research from Labs to Doctors' Offices

... said Chris Hansen, president, ACS CAN, the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. Any funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health will jeopardize the innovative research at local cancer centers that has resulted in the dramatic progress we have seen during the past 40 ... Obama 's Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal included cuts for research funding at the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and for prevention programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Congress is now beginning consideration of a budget ... biotech center in the country and 17,500 of its citizens are employed in the industry. One in five jobs in Seattle are tied to the health care sector overall. For every new position created at the Hutchinson Center 1.53 new jobs are created in Seattle. Federal funding for medical ...

American Cancer Society announces goal to double its research funding as White House holds National Cancer Moonshot Summit

... academic research institutions and another $15 to $20 million annually in research by ACS investigators in cancer epidemiology, surveillance and health services, behavioral research, and economics and health policy. The increase will dramatically grow what is already the largest and arguably most successful not-for-profit research program in the ... investor in cancer research, ensuring people facing cancer have the help they need and continuing the fight for access to quality health care, lifesaving screenings and more. For more information, to get help, or to join the fight, call us anytime, day or night, at (800) 227-2345 or ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Return to the Statehouse to Rally Legislators

... advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We’re more determined than ever to stand together with our volunteers to end cancer as we ...

ACS CAN, Stand Up To Cancer Join to Boost Medical Research Funding and Save More Lives from Cancer

... Hollywood celebrities and grassroots advocates nationwide to ask Congress to increase medical research funding at the National Institutes of Health by $6 billion over two years, including $1 billion for cancer research at the National Cancer Institute. Federal funding for medical ... were made possible by ACT for NIH, a non-partisan effort committed to the immediate restoration of funding for the National Institutes of Health. The future of patient care is dependent on federal investments in medical research, which make it possible for both the public- and private-sectors to bring forward ...

Hundreds of Cancer Patients and Survivors to Congress: Make Cancer a National Priority

... (NCI). They will also encourage lawmakers to co-sponsor legislation that supports patients ' quality of life by increasing access to palliative care, an extra layer of support that can be provided at any age or any stage of illness. Additionally, they will call on lawmakers to close a ... the non-profit, non-partisan advocacy affiliate organization of the American Cancer Society, which is dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage lawmakers, candidates and government officials to support laws and policies that will make cancer a top ...

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