The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies field hearing, was chaired by Iowa Senator Tom Harkin and featured Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, also a cancer survivor. The hearing was organized to promote the advancement of cancer research in light of President Bush's nearly $40 million dollar cut for the National Cancer Institute for fiscal year 2007.

George Weiner, MD, director of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the UI, also testified at the hearing, discussing cancer deaths in Iowa, and the impact cancer research, detection, and treatment have made over the past several years. Weiner's own research focuses on developing new approaches to using the immune system to treat lymphoma.

In addition, Gary Streit, past-chairman of the American Cancer Society, and three-time cancer survivor and Gazette cancer columnist Shirley Ruedy, also testified.

Related Links:

• LIVESTRONG
• Testimony from the Harkin Hearing
• ABC News interview with Lance Armstrong
• Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center Research Programs
• Cancer Information Service

Sen. Tom Harkin organized the hearing, and Lance Armstrong testified at the hearing to promote the advancement of cancer research in light of President Bush's nearly $40 million dollar cut for the National Cancer Institute for fiscal year 2007.

Cancer survivors Lance Armstrong and Sen. John Kerry testified at Sen. Tom Harkin's hearing on cancer funding.