S6440 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE September 19, 2012 

Danielsen, Chairman, Taiwan Corner (Denmark); Bruno Kaufmann, President, Initiative and Referendum Institute Europe and 

Chairman of the Election Commission in 

Falun (Sweden); Gerrit van der Wees, Editor, 

Taiwan Communique ́ (The Netherlands). 

Japan—Katsuhiko Eguchi, Member, House 

of Councilors, Diet; Yoshinori Ohno, Member, House of Representatives, Diet; Yoshiko 

Sakurai, President, Japan Institute for National Fundamentals. 

Australia—Bruce Jacobs, Professor of 

Asian Languages and Studies, Monash University. 

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BICENTENNIAL OF THE RHODE 

ISLAND MEDICAL SOCIETY 

Mr. REED. Mr. President, on February 25, 1812, by an act of the Rhode 

Island General Assembly, the Rhode Island Medical Society was chartered. In 

short order, physicians in the State 

adopted bylaws and elected officers, becoming the eighth State medical society in the Nation. Over the past 200 

years, the Rhode Island Medical Society has worked to fulfill its founding 

principle to consistently improve patient care. That principle is reflected 

in its many accomplishments in the 

field of public health. 

By 1852, just 40 years later, Rhode Island became the fourth State to collect, analyze, and publish birth, marriage, and death statistics on an annual basis. Soon after, it began distributing clinical papers of peers regarding 

public health trends and treatments. 

These early actions reflect a keen understanding of disease prevention and 

health promotion, as well as the collaborative nature of medicine. 

Since these early years, the Rhode Island Medical Society has advanced 

public health efforts that run the 

gamut from sanitation to vaccination. 

It was the second in the country to 

admit a female doctor. It also has 

played a role in the development of national health care policy, such as mental health parity, an effort to achieve 

fairness in the treatment of mental illness, which was fully realized in 2008 

when the Mental Health Parity and Addition Equity Act was signed into law. 

For all these reasons, and many 

more, I am pleased to add my voice to 

those commemorating the Bicentennial of the Rhode Island Medical Society and congratulate its members, 

Rhode Island physicians, physician assistants, and future physicians for 

their important work to improve the 

health and lives of Rhode Islanders. 

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FREEDOM FOR BOB LEVINSON 

Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. President, over the recess we marked a sad 

anniversary: 2,000 days since retired 

FBI agent Bob Levinson went missing 

in Iran. That is 2,000 days Christine 

Levinson has been without her husband 

and 2,000 days their children have 

missed his laugh. There has been an 

empty seat at the family table for far 

too long. Last year we received proof 

that Bob was alive, most likely somewhere in Southwest Asia. It is time for 

him to come home. Mr. President, our 

Government must continue doing all it 

can to win his safe return, and I join 

Bob’s family in calling on those who 

are holding Bob to set him free. 

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OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS 

MONTH 

Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. President, 

we recognize September as Ovarian 

Cancer Awareness Month. 

This year, the American Cancer Society estimates that 22,000 women will 

develop ovarian cancer and more than 

15,550 women will lose their battle with 

this deadly cancer. 

In the last 40 years, the National 

Cancer Institute, NCI, academic medical centers, and researchers across the 

country have made remarkable strides 

in improving treatments and therapies 

for various cancers. 

Today, there are 12 million Americans who are cancer survivors. 

Despite this progress, effective treatments for some cancers—including 

ovarian cancer—remain elusive. 

This month, we support these women, 

their families, and the tireless efforts 

of health care providers and researchers across the country. 

That is why I joined more than a 

dozen Senate colleagues as an original 

cosponsor of the National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Resolution. 

If detected earlier, an ovarian cancer 

patient has a 94 percent chance of surviving longer than 5 years. 

However, only 20 percent of ovarian 

cancer is detected in its early stage, 

and when diagnosed in the advanced 

stage there is only a 30 percent chance 

of survival. 

This makes ovarian cancer the deadliest of all gynecologic cancers. 

The National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Resolution designates September 

as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month 

and encourages the efforts of cancer 

advocates to increase public awareness. 

It also supports the NCI and medical 

researchers work to develop a reliable 

early detection test. 

I have long been an advocate of cancer patients and research. 

During the health reform debate, I 

successfully worked to pass the Clinical Trials Amendment. 

Because of the amendment’s inclusion in the Affordable Care Act, ACA, 

health insurance companies can no 

longer use participation in a clinical 

trial as a reason to deny health insurance coverage for routine health care. 

This provision of the ACA is especially important for diseases like ovarian cancer that desperately need advancements in effective therapies. 

As we recognize the importance of 

advancing ovarian cancer research and 

commend the struggle ovarian cancer 

patients and survivors encounter, we 

must ensure that researchers get the 

necessary funding and patients receive 

access to comprehensive care and coverage. 

I will continue to support the goals 

of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month— 

not just in September—throughout the 

year. 

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THE LEGEND OF LATROBE 

Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, in honor 

of Arnold Palmer, and the presentation 

of his Gold Medal to him on September 

12, 2012, in the U.S. Capitol, for a lifetime of service to his Nation and contributions in the game of golf which 

has earned him the title of ‘‘The King’’. 

I ask that this poem penned in his 

honor on this occasion by Albert 

Caswell be printed in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the 

RECORD, as follows: 

THE LEGEND OF LATROBE

(By Albert Carey Caswell) 

The . . . 

The Legend of Latrobe . . . 

Upon the fairways of our lives . . . 

All on her greens what we have strived! 

So recorded all on these the score cards of 

our lives . . . 

That which all in the end so improved our 

lies . . . 

Can only but so be found all in how we’ve so 

led our lives . . . 

Teeing off, crushing it all in these our life’s 

drives! 

For when it is all so said and done, 

as a Champion, will we so hold the cup of life 

over our heads as won? 

Who have we so touched and inspired, 

finishing the rounds of our lives to reach 

even higher! 

Pin High, On The Green On One . . . 

All in what is really so important to be won! 

When, all in this the tournament we call life 

which we’ve begun! 

Out upon those fields of green which now so 

runs! 

Will we so settle for par, 

or shoot way below in the tournaments of 

lives my son? 

Standing out as a Champion All In The 

Game of Life, 

all in what we have so said and done! 

Will we so make the cut before our setting 

suns! 

Arnold Palmer’s life, 

is not no ordinary one! 

As the pride of Pennsylvania, 

who for so many generations has so led with 

such greatness to come! 

The Legend of Latrobe and some! 

As a champion, ‘‘The King’’ on all fronts! 

As Father, A Husband, A Grand Father, A 

Son, A Giver Not a Taker, 

A Patriot in The Coast Guard serving his 

country, 

beating that drum! 

Giving our children something to shoot for 

in their lives as won! 

And standing out as one of golfing’s greatest 

of all shining sons! 

A man who could raise his own Army this 

one! 

And declare war on all others who so dared 

to challenge America’s Son! 

As Arnie’s Army marched with him until 

each tournament was done! 

A Man For All Seasons, 

for so many reasons this title he has now so 

won! 

Yes, Arnold This Golden One! 

Who so led the pack, 

all because what was so in his heart which 

would not lack! 

Chipping into our hearts and souls, 


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