"This legislation provides an important down payment on the President's goal to double cancer research funding over the next eight years and will go a long way to help reduce suffering and death from this disease," said Daniel E. Smith, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. While ACS CAN is celebrating this important vote, it is one of the first steps in the process to secure lifesaving money for cancer patients and their families. ACS CAN advocates will continue to keep pressure on the U.S. Congress in the coming weeks to sustain these critical funds for the war on cancer. Don't understand the congressional budget/appropriations process? You're not alone.
After months of delay and hard negotiations, Congress has finally passed a funding bill! The bill includes a small increase for cancer research and prevention programs.