Fran Visco awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal: “We are not going to change what we do or how we do it.”

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In 1992, 44-year old Philly trial lawyer and breast cancer survivor, Fran Visco, took the stand before the Senate Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Subcommittee, asserting a tone and stance previously unfamiliar in the world of cancer groups asking for funding before Congress. 

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