Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 537) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows: S. Res. 537 Whereas 62,000 Americans are diagnosed with a primary brain tumor each year and 150,000 more are diagnosed with a metastatic brain tumor that results from cancer spreading from another part of the body to the brain; Whereas brain tumors are the leading cause of death from solid tumors in children under the age of 20 and are the third leading cause of death from cancer in young adults ages between the ages of 20 and 39; Whereas brain tumors may be malignant or benign, but can be life-threatening in either case; Whereas 612,000 Americans have been diagnosed and are living with a brain tumor; Whereas the treatment of brain tumors is complicated by the fact that more than 120 different types of brain tumors exist; Whereas the treatment of brain tumors presents significant challenges because of-- (1) the location of brain tumors in an enclosed bony canal; (2) the difficulty of delivering treatment across the blood-brain barrier; (3) the obstacles to complete surgical removal of the tumors; and (4) the serious edema that results when the blood-brain barrier is disrupted; Whereas brain tumors have been described as a disease that affects the e…”