Texas Proposition 15
Proposition 15 authorizes Texas to issue up to $3 billion in bonds beginning in 2009 to finance a new Texas cancer research center to focus on finding cures for the disease. Texans to Cure Cancer PAC Urges all Texans to support the Cancer Research Initiative.
Komen Tyler board member Jeannie Welguisz and Shirley Kennedy attend
a Proposition 15 Rally in Austin on October 10, 2007
Help Susan G. Komen for the Cure achieve the vision:
A world without breast cancer.
Vote YES for Proposition 15
Proposition 15
“The constitutional amendment requiring the creation of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and authorizing the issuance of up to $3 billion in bonds payable from the general revenues of the state for research in Texas to find the causes of and cures for cancer.”
Organizations involved
Susan G. Komen for the Cure-Texas Collaborative
Lance Armstrong Foundation
American Cancer Society
Texas Medical Association
Leukemia Society
CTRC San Antonio
Texas Comprehensive Cancer Coalition
Texans to Cure Caner PAC (John Sharp)
KillCancer.org
- By voting YES to the $3 billion Cancer Amendment will save the lives of more than half a million Americans including 35,000 Texans, can be saved each year.
- Passage of this bill means that more than 90,000 Texans annually will never have to hear the words, “you have cancer.”
- Prop 15 authorizes Texans to issue up to $3 billion in bonds beginning in 2009 to finance a new Texas cancer research center to focus on finding cures for the disease. Prop 15 encourages researches to seek gifts, grants and patent royalties to help pay for finding a cure. Funding will promote the state (through colleges and universities) to establish Texas as a major medical research corridor and send a powerful message of hope to the cancer community.
Economic impact
Texas will be able to attract and retain the greatest scientific minds in the world
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State of Texas could use the equity return on this investment through patents, royalties and licenses to assist in paying the interest and retiring the bonds
- Increased prevention, screening and access programs and construction of new research facilities and labs will create new jobs in Texas.
Statistics
35,000 Texans die from cancer every year
85,000 Texans are diagnosed with cancer every year
Cancer is the second leading cause of death among Texas children ages 1 to 14.
One of every two men and every three women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.
Every dollar invested in medical research has a $16 return in medical cost savings.
Major newspapers in Texas endorsing Proposition 15
Dallas Morning News
San Antonio Express News
Houston Chronicle
Ft. Worth Star Telegram
Austin American-Statesman
About Champions for the Cure
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Reauthorize It!
The Breast Cancer Research Stamp, which has raised more than $55.5 million for breast cancer research since its introduction in 1998, is up for reauthorization this year. Three bills in Congress could reauthorize the stamp - or make it permanent! - but only if they pass. By law, the stamp sells for 45 cents, and the net proceeds go to critical breast cancer research work. More than 773 million Breast Cancer Research Stamps have been sold in the past eight years, making it the top-selling commemorative stamp in U.S. history! Now Congress must reauthorize the stamp or make it permanent. Otherwise, it will no longer be offered for sale by the U.S. Postal Service.
Please urge your Members of Congress to support the Breast Cancer Research Stamp! Fill Out the Form to Send Your Letter and Fight Breast Cancer
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