[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3364]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          AMERICAN HEART MONTH

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
acknowledge American Heart Month, which is observed each year 
throughout February. I anticipate that many of my colleagues will 
attend events in their districts commemorating Heart Month, as I will.
  As we do, I urge all of us to pay special attention to the effects of 
heart disease on women. The good news is that heart disease deaths are 
beginning to decline among women.
  The bad news remains, however, that heart disease is still the number 
one killer of women in this country. Although awareness among women 
about their risks for heart disease is increasing, awareness remains 
particularly low among minority women.
  Let's take the opportunity during American Heart Month to talk with 
the women in our lives and in our community about their risks for heart 
disease and the preventive steps they can take to decrease these risks.

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