Full Text of HR1071 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize Megan Bugg of Coal City; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Megan Bugg has been diagnosed with Alveolar | 5 | | Rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS), a very aggressive form of soft tissue | 6 | | childhood cancer, and she has been fighting stage four ARMS for | 7 | | the past three years; during those three years, Megan has | 8 | | undergone 90 weeks of intense chemotherapy, over 100 radiation | 9 | | treatments, three surgeries, and the numerous side effects of | 10 | | treatment; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Megan Bugg recently experienced a relapse for the | 12 | | third time; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Despite this, Megan Bugg connected with other | 14 | | childhood cancer victims from across the United States and the | 15 | | world; she has become an advocate for children fighting cancer | 16 | | and has raised over $60,000 to support research currently being | 17 | | pursued by Dr. Walterhouse at Lurie Children's Hospital in | 18 | | Chicago; if she qualifies for a clinical trial, she will | 19 | | undergo a new treatment by Dr. Walterhouse that she has played | 20 | | a large role in funding; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, As part of her fight, Megan Bugg has brought |
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| 1 | | awareness to some key statistics on government funding for | 2 | | childhood cancer; the National Cancer Institute's budget in | 3 | | 2015 was $4.93 billion and only $198 million of that was | 4 | | dedicated to childhood cancer research; the Federal Government | 5 | | spends $437 million annually on military bands, but only $198 | 6 | | million on childhood cancer research; since 2003, the National | 7 | | Institute of Health's budget has been cut by 15.5 percent after | 8 | | inflation; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, 3,468 children die each year from childhood | 10 | | cancer, and every day, 43 children in the United States are | 11 | | diagnosed with cancer; the average age of those diagnosed is | 12 | | six; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Megan Bugg continues to fight for increased | 14 | | funding for research for childhood cancer, and her efforts can | 15 | | be followed by searching Facebook for "Team Megan Bugg"; | 16 | | therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 18 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 | | pledge to join with Megan Bugg in bringing increased visibility | 20 | | to the often-hidden epidemic of childhood cancer; and be it | 21 | | further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That we urge United States Senator Dick Durbin, |
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| 1 | | United States Senator Tammy Duckworth, and all members of the | 2 | | Illinois Congressional Delegation to allocate additional | 3 | | funding and resources for childhood cancer research and | 4 | | clinical trials; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to Megan Bugg as an expression of our admiration, | 7 | | respect, and support.
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