[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14187]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            DESIGNATING ``NATIONAL VETERANS AWARENESS WEEK''

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     DESIGNATING OCTOBER 20, 2006, AS ``NATIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY DAY''

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Judiciary Committee be discharged en bloc from consideration of the 
following, and that the Senate then proceed en bloc to their 
consideration: S. Res. 507, S. Res. 508.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolutions by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 507) designating the week of November 
     5 through 11, 2006, as ``National Veterans Awareness Week.''
       A resolution (S. Res. 508) designating October 20, 2006, as 
     ``National Mammography Day.''

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolutions.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolutions be agreed to en bloc, the motions to reconsider be laid 
upon the table en bloc, the preambles be agreed to en bloc, the motions 
to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc, and that the 
consideration of these items appear separately in the Record with no 
intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolutions (S. Res. 507 and S. Res. 508) were agreed to en bloc.
  The preambles were agreed to en bloc.
  The resolutions, with their preambles, read as follows:

                              S. Res. 507

       Whereas tens of millions of Americans have served in the 
     Armed Forces of the United States during the past century;
       Whereas hundreds of thousands of Americans have given their 
     lives while serving in the Armed Forces during the past 
     century;
       Whereas the contributions and sacrifices of the men and 
     women who served in the Armed Forces have been vital in 
     maintaining the freedoms and way of life enjoyed by the 
     people of the United States;
       Whereas the advent of the all-volunteer Armed Forces has 
     resulted in a sharp decline in the number of individuals and 
     families who have had any personal connection with the Armed 
     Forces;
       Whereas this reduction in familiarity with the Armed Forces 
     has resulted in a marked decrease in the awareness by young 
     people of the nature and importance of the accomplishments of 
     those who have served in the Armed Forces, despite the 
     current educational efforts of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs and the veterans service organizations;
       Whereas the system of civilian control of the Armed Forces 
     makes it essential that the future leaders of the Nation 
     understand the history of military action and the 
     contributions and sacrifices of those who conduct such 
     actions; and
       Whereas, on November 2, 2005, President George W. Bush 
     issued a proclamation urging all the people of the United 
     States to observe November 6 through November 12, 2005, as 
     ``National Veterans Awareness Week'': Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates the week of November 5 through November 11, 
     2006, as ``National Veterans Awareness Week''; and
       (2) encourages the people of the United States to observe 
     the week with appropriate educational activities.

                              S. Res. 508

       Whereas, according to the American Cancer Society, in 2006, 
     212,920 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 40,970 
     women will die from that disease;
       Whereas it is estimated that about 2,000,000 women were 
     diagnosed with breast cancer in the 1990s, and that, in 
     nearly 500,000 of those cases, the cancer resulted in death;
       Whereas African-American women suffer a 30-percent greater 
     mortality rate from breast cancer than White women and more 
     than 100 percent greater mortality rate from breast cancer 
     than women from Hispanic, Asian, and American Indian 
     populations;
       Whereas the risk of breast cancer increases with age, with 
     a woman at age 70 having twice as much of a chance of 
     developing the disease as a woman at age 50;
       Whereas at least 80 percent of the women who get breast 
     cancer have no family history of the disease;
       Whereas mammograms, when operated professionally at a 
     certified facility, can provide safe screening and early 
     detection of breast cancer in many women;
       Whereas mammography is an excellent method for early 
     detection of localized breast cancer, which has a 5-year 
     survival rate of more than 97 percent;
       Whereas the National Cancer Institute and the American 
     Cancer Society continue to recommend periodic mammograms; and
       Whereas the National Breast Cancer Coalition recommends 
     that each woman and her health care provider make an 
     individual decision about mammography: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates October 20, 2006, as ``National Mammography 
     Day''; and
       (2) encourages the people of the United States to observe 
     the day with appropriate programs and activities.

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