House Proceeding on Mar 16th, 2010 :: 0:11:00 to 0:12:35
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Dan Boren: and again it undermines the rulef law and the american people will not stand for it. with that i yield back, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the chair now recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. boren, for five minutes. mr. boren: madam speaker, i

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Speech By: Dan Boren

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Dan Boren: rise today to remind members of this body that the month of march is colorectal cancer awareness month. during the month of march colon cancer advocates across the country will organize and participate in a wide range of activities to raise awareness about this horrible disease.

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Dan Boren: this year alone almost 150,000 americans will be diagnosed with colon cancer. and approximately 50,000 of them will die from it. madam speaker, it doesn't have to be that way. if detected early, the survival rate for colon cancer is almost 90%. yet less than half of all

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Dan Boren: americans get the recommended preventive test by the suggested age of 50. colon cancer isn issue that's very personal to me. 12 years ago i lost my mother to this dreadful disease. and since arriving in congress, i have made it one of my missions to bring attention to

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Dan Boren: the serious yet preventable cancer. so for the next three weeks i want members of this body to ask themselves and their constituents two important questions, one, have you asked your doctor if you should get a