WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, along with Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Congressman Andre Carson (IN-07), introduced the Asal Sayas National Strategy on Young Adult Cancers Act to establish a national strategy to tackle the growing epidemic of cancer among adults under age 50.
The legislation is named for Asal Sayas, a champion for health advocacy who worked for Senator Klobuchar and Congressman Carson. Asal sadly passed away after a battle with colorectal cancer in April at the age of 42. The bill honors Asal's memory and celeb...