Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the resolution be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 676) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows: S. Res. 676 Whereas according to the Centers for Disease Control (referred to in this preamble as the ``CDC''), nearly 24,000,000 people of the United States have diabetes and 57,000,000 people of the United States have pre-diabetes; Whereas diabetes is a serious chronic condition that affects people of every age, race, ethnicity, and income level; Whereas the CDC reports that Hispanic, African, Asian, and Native Americans are disproportionately affected by diabetes and suffer from diabetes at rates that are much higher than the general population; Whereas according to the CDC, 3 people are diagnosed with diabetes every minute; Whereas each day, approximately 4,384 people are diagnosed with diabetes; Whereas in 2007, the CDC estimates that approximately 1,600,000 individuals aged 20 and older were newly diagnosed with diabetes; Whereas a joint National Institutes of Health and CDC study found that approximately 15,000 youth in the United States are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes annually and approximately 3,700 youth are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes ann…”