Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements related to the resolutions be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolutions were agreed to. The preambles were agreed to. The resolutions, with their preambles, read as follows: S. Res. 529 Whereas the incidence of prostate cancer in African- American men is more than one and a half times higher than in any other racial or ethnic group in the United States; Whereas African-American men have the highest mortality rate of any ethnic and racial group in the United States, dying at a rate that is approximately two and a half times higher than other ethnic and racial groups; Whereas that rate of mortality represents the largest disparity of mortality rates in any of the major cancers; Whereas prostate cancer can be cured with early detection and the proper treatment, regardless of the ethnic or racial group of the cancer patient; Whereas African Americans are more likely to be diagnosed at an earlier age and at a later stage of cancer progression than all other ethnic and racial groups, leading to lower cure rates and lower chances of survival; Whereas, for patients diagnosed early, studies show a 5- year survival rate of nearly 100 percent, but the survival rate drops significantly to 28 percent for patients diagnosed in late…”