04/10/1997 03:04 PM House HES

 HJR 29 - FUNDING FOR PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCH                               
                                                                               
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 CHAIRMAN BUNDE announced the next item on the agenda as HJR 29,               
 Supporting an increase in federal funding for prostate cancer                 
 research.                                                                     
                                                                               
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 REPRESENTATIVE KIM ELTON, sponsor of HJR 29, stated that he was               
 piggy backing on the hard work and the commitment of a lot of                 
 people in his community and around the state.  Prostate cancer is             
 the second most common form of cancer among males in the United               
 States.  One of out every five men will be afflicted with this                
 cancer.  This year, an estimated 334,500 men will be diagnosed with           
 the disease and the disease will cause over 41,800 deaths.  This              
 resolution asks the President to increase funding for prostrate               
 cancer programs as prostate cancer remains an enigma to the medical           
 community.  He wanted HJR 29 to accompany an effort by the American           
 Cancer Society and people all across the United States who are                
 trying to deliver a million signatures to the President by Father's           
 Day in June of 1997.                                                          
                                                                               
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 CHAIRMAN BUNDE added that 80 or 90 percent of all males will die              
 with prostrate cancer.                                                        
                                                                               
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 REPRESENTATIVE DYSON made a motion to move HJR 29.  Hearing no                
 objections HJR 29 was moved from the House Health, Education and              
 Social Services Standing Committee.