Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 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. 207) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows: S. Res. 207 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 between ages 45 and 54, men are over 1\1/2\ times more likely than women to die of heart attacks; Whereas 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 1 of the most common cancers in men aged 15 to 34, and, when detected early, has a 96 percent survival rate; Whereas the number of cases of colon cancer among men will reach almost 49,470 in 2010, and nearly half of those men will die from the disease; Whereas the likelihood that a man will develop prostate cancer is 1 in 6; Whereas the number of men who developed prostate cancer in 2010 is expected to reach more than 217,730, and an estimated 32,050 of those men will die from the disease; Whereas African-American men in the Unite…”