cancer connections
With over 150,000 people receiving a new cancer diagnosis every month and as the second leading cause of death in the U.S., cancer touches many of us. Cancer advocates are a powerful force in Congress so we’ve made it easier to identify the new members who have been public about how they have been touched by cancer.
Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO), father passed away from cancer
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), both Kelly and his twin brother are prostate cancer survivors
Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), father passed away from lung cancer
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Auchincloss’s mother is the CEO of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX), Fallon has been a champion of pediatric cancer research and treatments, advocating and fundraising for the cause both personally and professionally
Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Jones’s grandfather passed away from cancer
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), a breast cancer survivor, Leger Fernandez often wears a butterfly necklace in remembrance of her sister and mother, who both passed away from lung cancer
Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA), Letlow’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer
Rep Barry Moore (R-AL), Moore’s sister-in-law has been diagnosed with breast cancer
Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT), was the area chairman for the American Cancer Society in high school
Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), prostate cancer survivor
Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT), both Rosendale’s brother and sister have passed away from cancer
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN), her father was a victim of the Chernobyl nuclear accident’s fallout, dying from stage four cancer at age 41.
Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), previously worked at the American Cancer Society
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