WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is among the lead cosponsors of a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Breast Cancer Research Stamp, a semi-postal stamp sold by the U.S. Postal Service with proceeds allocated toward breast cancer research.
The Breast Cancer Stamp Reauthorization Act (S.4318) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4318) would extend the sales of the Breast Cancer Research Stamp though 2037. Current authorization of the fundraising postage expires in December 2027. Since its initial authorization in 1998, the stamp has raised almost $98 million to support breast cancer research programs at the National Institutes of Hea...