S10128 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE September 30, 2008 

Cyber Security Alliance and the Multi-State 

Information Sharing and Analysis Center, 

has designated October 2008 as the fifth annual National Cyber Security Awareness 

Month which serves to educate the people of 

the United States about the importance of 

computer security: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the Senate— 

(1) supports the goals and ideals of National Cyber Security Awareness Month; 

(2) congratulates the National Cyber Security Division of the Department of Homeland 

Security, the National Cyber Security Alliance, the Multi-State Information Sharing 

and Analysis Center, and other organizations 

working to improve cyber security in the 

United States on the fifth anniversary of the 

National Cyber Security Month during October 2008; and 

(3) continues to work with Federal agencies, national organizations, businesses, and 

educational institutions to encourage the development and implementation of voluntary 

standards, practices, and technologies in 

order to enhance the state of computer security in the United States. 

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NATIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY DAY 

The resolution (S. Res. 698) designating October 17, 2008, as ‘‘National 

Mammography Day,’’ was agreed to. 

The preamble was agreed to. 

The resolution, with its preamble, 

reads as follows: 

S. RES. 698 

Whereas, according to the American Cancer Society, in 2008, 182,460 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and 

40,480 women will die from that disease; 

Whereas it is estimated that about 2,000,000 

women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 

the 1990s, and that in nearly 500,000 of those 

cases the cancer resulted in death; 

Whereas approximately 3,000,000 women in 

the United States are living with breast cancer, about 2,300,000 have been diagnosed with 

the disease, and an estimated 1,000,000 do not 

yet know they have the disease; 

Whereas African-American women suffer a 

36 percent greater mortality rate from breast 

cancer than White women and more than a 

100 percent greater mortality rate from 

breast cancer than women from Hispanic, 

Asian, and American Indian populations; 

Whereas the risk of breast cancer increases 

with age, with a woman at age 70 having 

twice as much of a chance of developing the 

disease as a woman at age 50; 

Whereas at least 90 percent of the women 

who get breast cancer have no family history 

of the disease; 

Whereas mammograms, when operated 

professionally at a certified facility, can provide safe screening and early detection of 

breast cancer in many women; 

Whereas mammography is an excellent 

method for early detection of localized 

breast cancer, which has a 5-year survival 

rate of 98 percent; 

Whereas the National Cancer Institute and 

the American Cancer Society continue to 

recommend periodic mammograms; and 

Whereas the National Breast Cancer Coalition recommends that each woman and her 

health care provider make an individual decision about mammography: Now, therefore, 

be it 

Resolved, That the Senate— 

(1) designates October 17, 2008, as ‘‘National Mammography Day’’; and 

(2) encourages the people of the United 

States to observe the day with appropriate 

programs and activities. 

FIRE PREVENTION WEEK 

The resolution (S. Res. 699) supporting the goals and ideals of Fire 

Prevention Week, was agreed to. 

The preamble was agreed to. 

The resolution, with its preamble, 

reads as follows: 

S. RES. 699 

Whereas firefighters have maintained their 

dedication to the health and safety of the 

American public since the first American 

fire departments were organized in the colonial era; 

Whereas more than 1,140,000 firefighters 

protect the United States through their heroic service; 

Whereas approximately 1,600,000 fires are 

reported annually; 

Whereas 102 firefighters lost their lives in 

the line of duty in 2007; 

Whereas fire departments responded to 

nearly 400,000 home fires in 2006; 

Whereas, in 2006, there were an estimated 

396,000 reported home structure fires resulting in 2,580 civilian deaths and 12,500 civilian 

injuries, and $6,800,000,000 in direct damage 

in the United States; 

Whereas home fires cause 80 percent of civilian fire deaths and 76 percent of injuries; 

Whereas heating equipment and smoking 

are the leading causes of civilian home fire 

deaths; 

Whereas children under 5 and older adults 

face the highest risk of home fire death, but 

young adults face a higher risk of home fire 

injury; 

Whereas electrical distribution and lighting equipment were involved in an estimated 

20,900 reported home fires in 2005; 

Whereas home fires in 2005 resulted in 500 

civilian deaths and 1,100 injuries, with an estimated $862,000,000 in direct property damage per year; 

Whereas working smoke alarms cut the 

risk of dying in reported home structure 

fires in half; 

Whereas 65 percent of reported home fire 

deaths in 2000 through 2004 resulted from 

fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no 

working smoke alarms; 

Whereas Fire Prevention Week is the longest running public health and safety observance on record; 

Whereas we have honored firefighters for 

educating the American public since President Harding declared the first Fire Prevention Week in 1922; 

Whereas the National Fire Protection Association has designated the week of October 

5-11, 2008, as Fire Prevention Week; and 

Whereas educating Americans on methods 

to prevent home fires continues to be a priority for all firefighters: Now, therefore, be 

it 

Resolved, That the Senate— 

(1) supports the work of firefighters to educate and protect the Nation’s communities; 

and 

(2) supports the goals and ideals of Fire 

Prevention Week, October 5-11, 2008, as designated by the National Fire Protection Association. 

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CONGRATULATING MICHAEL 

PHELPS AND THE U.S. OLYMPIC 

SWIMMING TEAM 

The resolution, (S. Res. 700) congratulating Michael Phelps and the 

members and coaches of the United 

States Olympic Swimming Team for 

their record-breaking performance at 

the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in 

Beijing, China, was agreed to. 

The preamble was agreed to. 

The resolution, with its preamble, 

reads as follows: 

S. RES. 700 

Whereas, on August 10, 2008, Michael 

Phelps of Baltimore, Maryland, set a worldrecord time of 4:03.84 and won the gold medal 

in the men’s 400-meter individual medley 

event, and Ryan Lochte of Daytona Beach, 

Florida, won the bronze medal in the same 

event; 

Whereas, on August 10, 2008, Katie Hoff of 

Towson, Maryland, won the bronze medal in 

the women’s 400-meter individual medley 

event; 

Whereas, on August 10, 2008, Natalie 

Coughlin of Vallejo, California, Lacey 

Nymeyer of Tucson, Arizona, Kara Lynn 

Joyce of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Dara 

Torres of Los Angeles, California, set a 

record time for athletes from the United 

States of 3:34.33 and won the silver medal in 

the women’s 400-meter freestyle relay event; 

Whereas, on August 10, 2008, Larsen Jensen 

of Bakersfield, California, set a record time 

for athletes from the United States of 3:42.78 

and won the bronze medal in the men’s 400- 

meter freestyle event; 

Whereas, on August 11, 2008, Michael 

Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale of Milwaukee, 

Wisconsin, Cullen Jones of Irvington, New 

Jersey, and Jason Lezak of Irvine, California, set a world-record time of 3:08.24 and 

won the gold medal in the men’s 400-meter 

freestyle relay event, with anchor Jason 

Lezak coming from behind to edge the team 

from France by 8⁄100 of a second in 1 of the 

most dramatic finishes in Olympic swimming history; 

Whereas, on August 11, 2008, Katie Hoff 

won the silver medal in the women’s 400- 

meter freestyle event; 

Whereas, on August 11, 2008, Christine Magnuson of Tinley Park, Illinois, won the silver 

medal in the women’s 100-meter butterfly 

event; 

Whereas, on August 12, 2008, Michael 

Phelps set a world-record time of 1:42.96 and 

won the gold medal in the men’s 200-meter 

freestyle event, and Peter Vanderkaay of 

Rochester, Michigan, won the bronze medal 

in the same event; 

Whereas, on August 12, 2008, Natalie 

Coughlin set a record time for athletes from 

the United States of 58.96 and won the gold 

medal in the women’s 100-meter backstroke 

event, and Margaret Hoelzer of Huntsville, 

Alabama, won the bronze medal in the same 

event; 

Whereas, on August 12, 2008, Aaron Peirsol 

of Irvine, California, set a world-record time 

of 52.54 and won the gold medal in the men’s 

100-meter backstroke event, and Matt 

Grevers of Lake Forest, Illinois, won the silver medal in the same event; 

Whereas, on August 12, 2008, Rebecca Soni 

of Plainsboro, New Jersey, won the silver 

medal in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke 

event; 

Whereas, on August 13, 2008, Michael 

Phelps set a world-record time of 1:52:03 and 

won the gold medal in the men’s 200-meter 

butterfly event, edging Laszlo Cseh of Hungary by the width of a fingernail; 

Whereas Michael Phelps then teamed with 

Ricky Berens of Charlotte, North Carolina, 

Ryan Lochte, and Peter Vanderkaay, to set a 

world-record time of 6:58.56 and win the gold 

medal in the men’s 800-meter freestyle relay 

event, beating the team from Russia by more 

than 5 seconds and winning the tenth and 

11th gold medals of Michael Phelps’s career, 

more than any other athlete in history; 

Whereas, on August 13, 2008, Natalie 

Coughlin won the bronze medal in the women’s 200-meter individual medley event; 


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