{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/2026/7/fitzpatrick-secures-house-passage-of-bipartisan-early-act-reauthorization", "Fitzpatrick Secures House Passage of Bipartisan EARLY Act Reauthorization", "2026-07-21", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Brian K. Fitzpatrick", "F000466", "fitzpatrick.house.gov", "fitzpatrick", "https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "House passage marks a resounding bipartisan victory for women\u2019s health, cancer prevention, and early detection\n\nWashington, DC\u2014Today, Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R, PA-01), Co-Chair of the House Cancer Caucus, announced House passage of his bipartisan EARLY Act reauthorization\u2014a major victory for women\u2019s health, cancer prevention, and early detection.\n\nThe House-passed package renews proven programs that help young and high-risk women understand their breast cancer risk, recognize warning signs, and receive informed care sooner. It also includes the full provisions of Fitzpatrick\u2019s bipartisan SCREENS for Cancer Act, expanding the pathway to breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services for women facing financial, insurance, and other barriers to care.\n\n\u201cAmerica has made extraordinary progress in preventing, detecting, and treating cancer, but that progress only matters if it reaches the people whose lives depend on it,\u201d said Fitzpatrick. \u201cEarly detection remains one of the most effective tools we have to improve outcomes and save lives. No woman should miss that opportunity because she lacked the right information, her provider lacked the right resources, or cost and insurance barriers placed care beyond her reach. Closing those gaps has been a top priority of my work as Co-Chair of the House Cancer Caucus.\u201d\n\n\u201cMy mother and sister are breast cancer survivors, so this mission is deeply personal to me,\u201d he continued. Their experience is a constant reminder that when women receive the right information and the right care at the right time, lives can change\u2014and lives can be saved. This bipartisan vote is a major step forward for women and families across America. I urge my colleagues in the Senate to act with the same urgency and send this legislation to the President\u2019s desk.\u201d\n\nBreast cancer remains the most common cancer among women. Young women, women of color, and women at elevated risk are too often diagnosed only after the disease has progressed\u2014when treatment options are more limited and outcomes are worse.\n\nOriginally enacted in 2010, the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act supports targeted, CDC-led initiatives designed to reach young and high-risk women before cancer goes undetected.\n\nThe House-passed legislation, introduced along with Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Debbie Dingell (MI-06), and Diana Harshbarger (TN-01), reauthorizes the EARLY Act through 2031, protecting three core programs:\n\nThe Bring Your Brave campaign, which uses the experiences of real women to increase awareness among women ages 18 to 44 about breast cancer risks, symptoms, and early detection;\n\nThe Young Breast Cancer Survivors Program, which supports organizations providing assistance and resources to young patients and survivors; and\n\nContinuing medical education for health care providers, strengthening their ability to recognize risk and improve care for younger women at increased risk.\n\nAfter 15 years of successful implementation, reauthorizing the EARLY Act will ensure these programs can continue reaching women before a diagnosis comes too late\u2014giving patients and providers the knowledge needed to identify risks, recognize warning signs, and act sooner.\n\nThe reauthorization also includes Fitzpatrick\u2019s bipartisan SCREENS for Cancer Act, introduced with Congressman Joe Morelle (D, NY-25). The measure reauthorizes and strengthens the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program through 2030.\n\nSince its creation in 1991, the program has served more than 6.4 million people and provided more than 16.5 million breast and cervical cancer screening examinations. Those screenings have helped diagnose nearly 80,000 invasive breast cancers and approximately 5,300 invasive cervical cancers, while identifying hundreds of thousands of precancerous lesions.\n\nThe SCREENS for Cancer Act would:\n\nReauthorize the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program through 2030 with $235 million in annual funding;\n\nImprove access to breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services;\n\nStrengthen patient navigation and appropriate follow-up care;\n\nSupport evidence-based strategies proven to increase screening rates in health care settings;\n\nReduce barriers facing low-income, uninsured, underinsured, geographically isolated, and underserved communities;\n\nAddress disparities in breast and cervical cancer incidence and mortality; and\n\nRequire a Government Accountability Office study examining program utilization, eligibility, and barriers to screening access.\n\nTogether, the EARLY Act and the SCREENS for Cancer Act strengthen the full early-detection pathway\u2014from helping women understand their risks and equipping providers to identify warning signs to ensuring more patients can access screening, diagnosis, and follow-up care.\n\nThe EARLY Act reauthorization is supported by more than 20 leading cancer prevention and patient advocacy organizations, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Susan G. Komen, Living Beyond Breast Cancer, Sharsheret, the Brem Foundation, and the Prevent Cancer Foundation.\n\nThe legislation now advances to the United States Senate for consideration.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-22T07:34:13Z", "2026-07-22T07:35:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/2026/7/fitzpatrick-secures-house-passage-of-bipartisan-early-act-reauthorization"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0424113608896732, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}