[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 11, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H5258]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          WOMEN'S HEART HEALTH

  (Ms. EDWARDS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as an original cosponsor of a 
resolution that recognizes the importance of providing basic, 
preventative heart screenings for women wherever they seek primary 
care. I want to thank my colleague, the gentlewoman from West Virginia 
(Mrs. Capito), for joining with me to introduce this resolution.
  Heart disease remains the leading cause of death for women in the 
United States, causing one in four deaths among women each year. For 
the past three decades, the number of deaths from heart disease for 
women has exceeded those of men.
  I am concerned that heart disease claims the lives of more than 
400,000 women each year. Nearly half of all African-American women have 
some form of cardiovascular disease. Among Latinas, awareness that 
heart disease is the leading cause of death is the lowest, at 34 
percent.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time for us to bring awareness to the burden of 
heart disease, so we can reduce heart disease among women in the United 
States by ensuring that, wherever women seek care, they get basic, 
preventive heart health screening for heart disease.
  I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to cosponsor this 
important and timely resolution.

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