Lance Armstrong Takes Cancer Fight to the Hill, Criticizes Bush
by Pamela LeaveyIt was Livestrong Day in the nation’s capital on Wednesday and Lance Armstrong and his Livestrong Foundation “brought in two people from each state — most of them cancer survivors or caregivers — to lobby their congressional representatives for more cancer research funds, with the eventual goal of curing cancer.” Armstrong didn’t miss the chance to criticize Bush for his tax cuts and cuts to the budget for the National Cancer Institute.
At an afternoon rally framed by the U.S. Capitol dome, Armstrong orated like a polished politician, or perhaps a general.
“This is bigger than winning seven Tours,” he intoned with his yellow-clad troops phalanxed behind him. “I have the history, the passion, the time and the army.”
Armstrong has been glad-handing politicians with his inspirational message of hope.
At a Tuesday night reception at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, he insisted the cancer battle is a bipartisan effort.He did criticize the Bush administration for cutting taxes while also cutting the budget for the National Cancer Institute.
“Taking from the poor and giving to the rich has never been a good policy,” he told the audience, which included Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and dozens of congressional staffers.
“We want the hard questions asked,” Armstrong said, pointing out that 600,000 Americans die every year from cancer. “And remember, we vote.”
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” Armstrong orated like a polished politician”
“Taking from the poor and giving to the rich has never been a good policy,”
Amen to both.
Go Lance !
Meanwhile our illustrious President is trying to cut ALL funds aimed at determining what’s CAUSING cancer! Read the third article down at http://www.robertsreview.com.
I’m writing my Congressmen and the President (there are email links in the story…)asking them to restore the funds. Sometimes, when you’re dealing with difficulty it feels good to just DO something.
Maybe by spreading the word on the RobertsReview.com story…we can help stop this disease before it ruins all our kids and their kids’ kids lives, too!
Jim,
Thanks for citing this. BushCo knows no bounds when it comes to fighting science, facts, knowledge.
Hard to know how much they do for specific reasons and what is just the general DNI (Do Not Investigate) mind set.
Regardless, one of the potential needs for this is to see if we can identify new cancers related to DU. Lung cancer rates are the most likely to be affected – especially among non smokers.
We have a recurring post theme on the “Bush war on Science” I think this rates a post.