Five years ago, if you were to tell me that I’d be in DC, on Capitol Hill, in a national magazine and talking to legislators, I would have thought you were going mad. But here I stand, with fellow survivors and fighters asking both the House and Senate for $70mm for the CDC/CRCCP to provide all 50 states with necessary funding to increase colorectal cancer screenings, urging for research via Health and Human Services to analyze the vast increase of early onset diagnosis’s in the young adult population, as well as requesting that they help to remove barriers to the Colorectal Cancer Screening Act.
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It was an extraordinarily empowering experience and I’d do it again, and again to ensure that the powers that be hear our stories and continue to build and leverage relationships to get these life changing bills passed. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death, with no cure and we need all the support we can get from the government to get behind a cure in our lifetime. It’s our “duty to talk about the booty!” 💙 #conc2019 #fightcrc #colorectalcancer | @senatorsinema @senmcsallyaz @gregstantonaz @reprubengallego
