Political Quotes

“Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 547) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows: S. Res. 547 Whereas, despite advances in medical technology and research, men continue to live an average of more than 5 years less than women, and African-American men have the lowest life expectancy; Whereas 9 of the 10 leading causes of death, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, affect men at a higher percentage than women; Whereas according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between ages 45 and 54, men are over 1\1/2\ times more likely than women to die of heart attacks; Whereas according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, men die of heart disease at 1\1/2\ times the rate of women; Whereas men die of cancer at almost 1\1/2\ times the rate of women; Whereas testicular cancer is one of the most common cancers in men aged 15 to 34, and, when detected early, has a 96 percent survival rate; Whereas according to the American Cancer Society, the number of cases of colon cancer among men will reach almost 49,470 in 2010, and nearly 50 percent of men diagnosed with colon cancer will die from the disease; Whereas the likelihood that a man will develop prostate cancer is 1 in 6; Whereas accordi…”