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Whereas women with diabetes are 40 percent more likely to 
develop heart disease; 
Whereas at least 68 percent of people with diabetes age 65 
and older die of some form of heart disease and 16 per-
cent die from stroke; 
Whereas gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a disease 
characterized by high blood sugar (glucose) levels during 
pregnancy, and it raises a mother’s risk of getting type 
2 diabetes and heart disease later in life; 
Whereas African-American women who develop GDM during 
pregnancy face a 52 percent increased risk of developing 
diabetes in the future compared to White women who de-
velop GDM; and 
Whereas cardiovascular complications are the leading cause 
of pregnancy-related death in Black women: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the importance of decreasing car-
diovascular disease among all populations, especially 
among African-American women; 
(2) recognizes the unique factors that impact 
African Americans, including racism and stress, 
which lead to disproportionately rates of heart dis-
ease, stroke, diabetes, and maternal mortality; 
(3) promotes the necessity of spreading aware-
ness and improving education about cardiovascular 
risk factors and preventive health and lifestyle 
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choices that contribute to reduced cardiovascular 
risk; 
(4) recognizes prevention of cardiovascular dis-
ease and related risk factors as the foundation for 
effective, lifelong management of cardiovascular 
health; 
(5) supports the education of patients, health 
care providers, and policymakers about cardio-
vascular health; 
(6) recognizes the value of investment in cardio-
vascular disease therapy research and development; 
(7) encourages early and continuous patient ac-
cess to innovative, lifesaving cardiovascular disease 
therapies; 
(8) supports the importance of health manage-
ment strategies that improve access to cardio-
vascular testing and preventive services in all com-
munities; 
(9) recognizes the importance of decreasing the 
prevalence of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes for 
all in the United States; 
(10) recognizes the release of the report entitled 
Black Women Vote: National Health Policy Agenda 
2018–2019, which is a foundational policy blueprint 
that offers evidence to both policymakers and practi-
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tioners as to why the health and wellness of more 
than 20 million Black women matter in the United 
States; and 
(11) recognizes that WomenHeart: the National 
Coalition for Women with Heart Disease is a pa-
tient-centered organization that supports, educates, 
and advocates for all women living with and at high 
risk of heart disease in order to improve their health 
and quality of life and to address inequities in health 
care for women. 
Æ 
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