[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25275]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        MIAMI-DADE GO RED FOR WOMEN EXECUTIVE WOMEN'S BREAKFAST

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Speaker, I am so pleased to recognize the 
important work of the Heart Association of Miami-Dade and its October 
29 Go Red for Women Executive Women's Breakfast.
  The National Go Red for Women Campaign, to be held in February, was 
started in the year 2004 to raise awareness for this critical disease. 
As the leading cause of death in women, every year 8.6 million women 
around the world die from heart disease. Unfortunately, many women do 
not realize that heart disease accounts for nearly one-third of all 
deaths in women. Through prevention, this number will be greatly 
reduced.
  The Go Red for Women Campaign advocates awareness and prevention for 
this disease that affects so many of our grandmothers, our mothers, our 
aunts, and our daughters. With the continued efforts of the Go Red for 
Women Campaign and our local south Florida chapter of the American 
Heart Association, we can ensure that fewer women--and men--fall victim 
to heart disease.
  I encourage all of south Florida to attend Miami-Dade's Go Red for 
Women Executive Women's Breakfast in October and get involved with the 
Go Red for Women Campaign in February.

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