IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 69 
Recognizing the need to continue research into the causes, treatment, 
education, and an eventual cure for diabetes, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2009 
Mr. BACA (for himself, Mr. REYES, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. SERRANO, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mr. COSTA, Mr. GONZALEZ, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. SIRES, Ms. JACKSON- 
LEE of Texas, Ms. WATERS, and Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the need to continue research into the causes, 
treatment, education, and an eventual cure for diabetes, 
and for other purposes. 
Whereas diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease caused by the 
inability of the pancreas to produce insulin or to use the 
insulin produced in the proper way; 
Whereas in the case of Type I diabetes or insulin-dependent 
diabetes, formerly called juvenile-onset diabetes because 
it tends to affect persons before the age of 20, the pan-
creas makes almost no insulin; 
Whereas in the case of Type II diabetes or non-insulin-de-
pendent diabetes, which comprises about 90 percent of all 
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cases of diabetes, the pancreas produces a reduced 
amount of insulin or the cells do not respond to the insu-
lin; 
Whereas this year 23.6 million Americans suffer from one 
form or another of this disease, and 5.7 million people go 
undiagnosed, commonly known as pre-diabetes; 
Whereas 2.0 million or 8.2 percent of all Latino Americans 
aged twenty years or older have diabetes, and Latino 
Americans are 1.5 times more likely to have diabetes 
than non-Latino whites of similar age; 
Whereas Mexican-Americans, the largest Latino subgroup in 
the United States, are more than twice as likely to have 
diabetes as non-Latino whites of similar age; 
Whereas residents of Puerto Rico are 1.8 times more likely 
to have diagnosed diabetes than United States non- 
Latino whites; 
Whereas diabetes affects individuals in different ways, and as 
a result, treatment programs will vary; 
Whereas diabetes in the Latino community can result in a 
high prevalence of complications, such as foot problems 
and amputations, kidney failure that may lead to chronic 
or end stage renal disease, blindness, numbness and loss 
of sensation in the legs, heart attacks and strokes, and 
eventually death; 
Whereas individuals suffering from diabetes can reduce their 
risk for complications if they are educated about their 
disease; learn and practice the skills necessary to better 
control their blood glucose, blood pressure, and choles-
terol levels; exercise; and receive regular checkups; 
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Whereas targeted health communications to the public are 
vital in disseminating information about diabetes and the 
need to live a healthy lifestyle; 
Whereas the Latino Diabetes Association, a nonprofit organi-
zation devoted to aggressive diabetes education, has 
worked tirelessly to raise funds for diabetes education 
and to find the causes of and cure for diabetes; and 
Whereas the month of July of 2009 would be an appropriate 
month to recognize Latino Diabetes Awareness Month in 
order to educate Latino communities across the Nation 
about diabetes and the need for research funding, accu-
rate diagnosis, and effective treatments: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the need to continue research 
into the causes, treatment, education, and an even-
tual cure for diabetes; 
(2) commends those hospitals, community clin-
ics, educational institutes, and other organizations 
that are— 
(A) working to increase awareness of dia-
betes; and 
(B) conducting research for methods to 
help patients and families in the Latino com-
munity suffering from diabetes; 
(3) congratulates the work of the Latino Diabe-
tes Association for its great efforts to educate, sup-
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