[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 22 (Wednesday, March 2, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1956-S1957]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   DESIGNATING MONTH OF MARCH AS DEEP-VEIN THROMBOSIS AWARENESS MONTH

  Mr. DeMINT. I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be 
discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to S. 
Res. 56.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 56) designating the month of March as 
     Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month, in memory of journalist 
     David Bloom.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. DeMINT. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, 
the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 56) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                               S. Res. 56

       Whereas deep-vein thrombosis is a condition that occurs 
     when a blood clot forms in one of the large veins, which may 
     result in a fatal pulmonary embolism;
       Whereas deep-vein thrombosis is a serious but preventable 
     medical condition;
       Whereas deep-vein thrombosis occurs in approximately 
     2,000,000 Americans every year;
       Whereas fatal pulmonary embolism causes more deaths each 
     year than breast cancer and AIDS combined;
       Wherease complications from deep-vein thrombosis take up to 
     200,000 American lives each year;
       Whereas fatal pulmonary embolism may be the most common 
     preventable cause of hospital death in the United States;
       Whereas the risk factors for deep-vein thrombosis include 
     cancer and certain heart or respiratory diseases;
       Whereas pulmonary embolism is the leading cause of maternal 
     death associated with childbirth;
       Whereas, according to a survey conducted by the American 
     Public Health Association, 74 percent of Americans are 
     unaware of deep-vein thrombosis;
       Whereas National Broadcasting Company correspondent David 
     Bloom died of a fatal pulmonary embolism while covering the 
     war in Iraq;
       Whereas Melanie Bloom, widow of David Bloom, and more than 
     35 members of the Coalition to Prevent Deep-Vein Thrombosis 
     are working to raise awareness of this silent killer; and
       Whereas the establishment of March as Deep-Vein Thrombosis 
     Awareness Month in honor of David Bloom would raise public 
     awareness about this life-threatening but preventable 
     condition: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates the month of March as ``Deep-Vein Thrombosis 
     Awareness Month'';
       (2) honors the memory of David Bloom; and
       (3) recognizes the importance of raising awareness of deep-
     vein thrombosis.

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