Political Quotes

“I rise today to introduce a joint resolution designating October 1994, as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I am very pleased that 25 of our colleagues have joined as original cosponsors of this very important resolution. This is the fifth year I have introduced this measure and it is my hope that the Senate will move swiftly to pass it. I believe that this resolution has heightened awareness and enhanced education programs to combat this life-threatening disease. The statistics are all too familiar. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women. In 1994, breast cancer will strike an estimated 182,000 women and 1,000 men, and kill 46,000 women and 300 men. Currently, in my State alone, the Rhode Island Breast Cancer Coalition reports that there are approximately 15,000 women with breast cancer. These figures are alarming. But numbers don't tell the stories of the families who face this battle, which takes a major emotional, physical, and economic toll on all those involved. The numbers don't tell the stories of the women who have lost the battle, leaving husbands, children, siblings, parents, and friends behind; nor do they tell the stories of those who struggled against the disease--and survived.”