IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 376
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the 
Bloch Cancer Foundation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2003
Mr. MOORE (for himself, Mr. FROST, and Ms. CARSON of Indiana) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with 
respect to the Bloch Cancer Foundation.
Whereas Richard and Annette Bloch are founders of the 
Bloch Cancer Foundation, established in 1980; 
Whereas Richard and Annette have gifted to the University 
of Missouri-Kansas City the Bloch Support Center, a 
center which reaches out to cancer-stricken patients, 
their supporters, and caregivers, through education, 
counseling, and research designed to achieve the highest 
quality of life while living with cancer, and, in addition, 
offers professional education opportunities for students to 
receive training and research skills that deal with the 
psychological aspects of cancer;
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Whereas Richard Bloch, along with the National Cancer In-
stitute, implemented a computer program called PDQ 
(‘Physicians Data Query’) that gathers information from 
every cancer center in the United States and 22 foreign 
countries and gives the state of the art treatment for 
every type and stage of cancer in addition to all available 
experimental therapies; 
Whereas Richard and Annette Bloch authored three books: 
‘Cancer. . .There’s Hope’ about Richard’s battle with his 
‘terminal’ lung cancer; ‘Fighting Cancer’, a step-by-step 
guide showing cancer patients how to fight the disease; 
and ‘Guide for Cancer Supporters’, geared exclusively to 
supporters of cancer patients; 
Whereas Cancer Survivor Parks have been established to help 
cancer survivors, to be a tribute to these survivors, and 
to be a celebration of life in Kansas City, Missouri; 
Houston, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Cleveland, Ohio; Colum-
bus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Rancho Mirage, Cali-
fornia; New Orleans, Louisiana; Santa Rosa, California; 
Jacksonville, Florida; Bakersfield, California; Phoenix, 
Arizona; Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois and 
Omaha, Nebraska; 
Whereas Dick and Annette’s foundation has gathered a wide 
variety of volunteers including doctors sharing their time, 
computer specialists creating informative and helpful web 
sites, home volunteers making calls to offer guidance and 
hope to new patients, and in-house volunteers answering 
phone calls, e-mails, and being there when called upon; 
Whereas Richard and Annette Bloch in 1980 founded the 
Bloch Cancer Hot Line, an organization composed of 
more than 500 cancer survivors that has fielded over 
125,000 calls in the last 20 years, which on June 4,
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2003, celebrated its 23rd anniversary of giving hope, sup-
port, and information to those who call; 
Whereas June 4, 2003, also marked the 18th anniversary of 
the first Cancer Survivor Day Rally, held originally in 
Kansas City, Missouri, and now held in over 700 commu-
nities throughout the United States; and 
Whereas the Cancer Survivor Day Rally glorifies the attitude 
that cancer and death are not synonymous and that a 
cancer diagnosis does not represent a decrease in the 
quality of life: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives com-
mends Richard and Annette Bloch and the Bloch Cancer 
Foundation and their network of invaluable volunteers on 
behalf of 8,400,000 Americans living with cancer.
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