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C3 President Carlea Bauman Testifies at Congressional Hearing

C3 President Carlea Bauman Today, the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held a public witness hearing about funding needs for the fiscal year 2011 defense appropriations bill. C3′s President, Carlea Bauman, testified at the hearing about the urgent need for more funding for colorectal cancer research.

Ms. Bauman thanked the Subcommittee members for including $15 million for the Department of Defense (DoD)’s Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) in the fiscal year 2010 bill and urged them to increase the level of funding for the PRCRP to $50 million in fiscal year 2011. Continue reading…

Posted by Catherine Knowles on May 20th, 2010
Posted in: C3 News, Policy & Advocacy News, Research & Treatment News | No Comments »
Tags: Appropriations, cancer research, DoD, FY 2011, House of Representatives, Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program, PRCRP

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