NPF Congressional speaker is rising star in her party

Monday, April 25, 2011
NPF Congressional speaker is rising star in her party


We give the fellows in our Washington programs opportunities to hear from key legislators on the issues they want to learn about. One standout was U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), whose personal experience with breast cancer spurred her to draft a bill that would fund educational outreach on early detection for young women. At that time, in September 2009, Wasserman Schultz already was a rising star in the Democratic party. This month, she was named chairperson of the Democratic National Committee. Wasserman Schultz gave NPF’s 2009 Cancer fellows an hour, during which she shared her personal story and took all of their questions. The audio from that presentation is below.

Audio and Powerpoints from a host of other experts on cancer causes, prevention, treatment, drugs, screening, genetic disparities, end-of-life care and more can be found on the pages of our Cancer Issues Programs (2010, 2009)