WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) received the Courage Award from Tracy’s Kids for her work to address childhood cancer and for sharing her experience with stage 1A breast cancer. Tracy’s Kids is a nonprofit organization that offers art therapy to help support young cancer and blood disorder patients and their families.
“It’s an honor to receive the Courage Award from Tracy’s Kids. Every kid deserves a happy, healthy childhood. That’s why I’m fighting to make sure children and their caregivers have the support they need to beat cancer,” said Klobuchar. “I'll continue to work with my colleagues across the aisle to support cutting-edge research and expand access to needed cancer treatments.”
Klobuchar has long supported patients with cancer.
Every year, Klobuchar supports strong funding for the National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.
In March, Klobuchar, Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Doris Matsui (D-CA), introduced the Finn Sawyer Access to Cancer Testing (ACT) Act to ensure patients with health coverage through Medicare, Medicaid (Medical Assistance), and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have access to molecular diagnostic testing at the time of first diagnosis.
In 2022, Klobuchar (D-MN) and a bipartisan, bicameral group of colleagues introduced the Screening for Communities to Receive Early and Equitable Needed Services (SCREENS) for Cancer Act to increase access to cancer screenings and reauthorize the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP).
In 2021, Klobuchar, Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), John Thune (R-SD), and Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced the Preventative Care Awareness Act to promote the use of preventive health care services such as mammograms and other cancer screenings.
In 2014 and 2020, Klobuchar, Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) led the reauthorization and expansion of the EARLY Act to increase education and outreach on the breast cancer risks facing young women and provide them with the needed tools to fight breast cancer.
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