[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20621]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                NATIONAL CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS DAY

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 200 and 
the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 200) designating September 12, 2009, 
     as ``National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day.''

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any 
statements related to the resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 200) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 200

       Whereas childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by 
     disease for children in the United States;
       Whereas an estimated 12,500 children in this Nation are 
     diagnosed with cancer each year;
       Whereas an estimated 2,300 children in this Nation lose 
     their lives to cancer each year;
       Whereas the results of peer-reviewed clinical trials have 
     raised the standard of care and improved the 5-year cancer 
     survival rate in children to greater than 80 percent overall;
       Whereas more than 40,000 children and adolescents in the 
     United States currently are being treated for childhood 
     cancers;
       Whereas up to \2/3\ of childhood cancer survivors are 
     likely to experience at least one life-altering or life-
     threatening late effect from treatment; and
       Whereas childhood cancer occurs regularly and randomly and 
     spares no racial or ethnic group, socioeconomic class, or 
     geographic region: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates September 12, 2009, as ``National Childhood 
     Cancer Awareness Day'';
       (2) requests that the Federal Government, States, 
     localities, and nonprofit organizations observe the day with 
     appropriate programs and activities, with the goal of 
     increasing public knowledge of the risks of cancer;
       (3) recognizes the profound toll a diagnosis of cancer has 
     on children, families, and communities and pledges to make 
     its prevention and cure a public health priority; and
       (4) urges public and private sector efforts to promote 
     awareness, invest in research, and improve treatments for 
     childhood cancer.

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