THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. I WILL ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS WITHIN WHICH TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS AND INCLUDE EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL ON THE BILL UNDER CONSIDERATION. WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. PLATTS:THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. I RISE TO STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION THAT SUPPORTS THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. MADAM SPEAKER, FEW AMERICANS MAY UNDERSTAND THAT PANCREATIC CANCER IS A HORRIFIC KILLER. BECAUSE EARLY DETECTION METHODS ARE LARGELY UNSUCCESSFUL, 99% OF THOSE DIAGNOSED WILL LOSE THEIR LIVES. THE HIGHEST MORTALITY RATE OF ANY FORM OF CANCER. BY THE TIME THE SYMPTOMS BECOME EVIDENT IN PATIENTS, IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS TOO LATE. INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED HAVE AN AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF JUST THREE TO SIX MONTHS. THIS YEAR ALONE MORE THAN 31,000 AMERICANS WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH PANCREATIC CANCER. THE PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK KNOWN AS PANCAN IS THE ONL
