The Congressional Women’s Softball Game began in 2009 with captains Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). They brought together a team of women Members of Congress to play the female campaign staff from both parties after Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced her own battle with breast cancer. In 2010, the Members invited the women of the Washington, D.C. press corps to join the game as their opponent and a lasting rivalry was born. The Game has now raised more than $2.1 million to benefit our charity, the Young Survival Coalition (YSC), the premier organization dedicated to the critical issues unique to young women diagnosed with breast cancer. These women face unique challenges, such as early onset menopause and infertility, along with unique financial challenges as their careers are less established. YSC is the country’s largest nonprofit dedicated exclusively to women diagnosed with breast cancer before their 41st birthday. We continue to play this annual Game to help find a cure because on average, one young woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every 40 minutes. Compared to older women, young women generally face more aggressive cancers and lower survival rates.