[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Pages 22865-22866]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  MIAMI-DADE HEART ASSOCIATION LEADS THE WAY IN NATIONWIDE HEART WALK

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House

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for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Speaker, the Miami-Dade Heart Association 
will hold its Miami-Dade Start! Heart Walk this Saturday, October 2, at 
the beautiful Tropical Park. Miami's walk is just one of nearly 400 
similar events across our great country that will help the tremendous 
lifesaving activities of the American Heart Association. This major 
undertaking is designed to promote physical activity and heart-healthy 
living in a fun-loving atmosphere for the whole family. More than 1 
million walkers from around the Nation are expected to participate in 
this massive effort to help those afflicted by the Nation's number one 
and the Nation's number three killers, heart disease and stroke.
  The main reason behind the walk is to raise awareness that physical 
inactivity significantly increases the risk of heart disease and 
stroke. Seventy percent of Americans don't get enough exercise; and as 
a result, our waistbands have expanded and so have the number of 
preventable illnesses and health care costs.
  Madam Speaker, both locally and nationally, the Heart Association is 
showing the way to help improve our Nation's health care through this 
momentous endeavor. Let's all start walking this Saturday.

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