WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) sent a letter to House and Senate leadership urging Congress to act before the end of the year and pass a full-year spending bill with continued funding for lifesaving cancer research.
ACS CAN is also urging leaders to work together to pass three important bipartisan bills that would reduce the burden of cancer by increasing access to prevention and early detection services:
An excerpt from the letter follows:
"As you consider legislative priorities for the end of the 119th Congress, ACS CAN asks that this leadership in the fight against cancer continue and requests the highest possible funding for important cancer programs in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 appropriations bill, including language that builds upon enacted safeguards against policies that could further delay or disrupt appropriated grant funding for cancer research...”
“...In addition, we urge your consideration of three important bipartisan bills that would reduce the burden of cancer, [the Screening for Communities to Receive Early and Equitable Needed Services (SCREENS) for Cancer Act, the EARLY Act Reauthorization and the Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act.] All three of these bills have very broad support in both the House and Senate, and we hope you will work together to get them signed into law before the end of this year..."
"…Cancer remains one of the nation's most pressing public health challenges. Strong funding for cancer research and prevention alongside important program authorizations that improve access to evidence-based prevention and early detection can help identify cancer earlier, improve health outcomes and reduce the human and economic costs associated with later-stage disease."
The full letter can be found here.
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