FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 15, 2007
CONTACT: Matt Mackowiak
Sen. Hutchison: Breast Cancer Research Stamp Extension Passes Senate
Under Current Law, Sales of the Stamp would have expired December 31, 2007
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, announced that late Wednesday the Senate passed a bill she introduced to extend the sale of the Breast Cancer Research Stamp for four years.
“This stamp saves lives by raising tens of millions of dollars for critical breast cancer research,” Sen. Hutchison said. “Extending the sale of this stamp will keep us on the path to finding a cure for this disease which affects so many lives.”
Sen. Hutchison and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced S. 597, legislation to extend the sale of the stamp in February. Under current law, the sale of the stamp will expire on December 31, 2007.
Sens. Hutchison and Feinstein were original proponents of the Breast Cancer Research Stamp, which on July 29, 1998, became America’s first fund-raising stamp. According to the U.S. Postal Service, over 777 million Breast Cancer Research Stamps have been sold, raising approximately $56 million for breast cancer research to date. Of the amount raised, 70% is given to the National Institutes of Health and 30% is given to the Medical Research Program at the U.S. Department of Defense. The stamp was designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, MD.
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