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Whereas there are more than 2,500,000 breast cancer sur-
vivors alive in the United States today, the largest group 
of all cancer survivors; 
Whereas a woman has a one-in-eight lifetime risk of devel-
oping breast cancer, and only a small percentage of cases 
are due to heredity; 
Whereas incidence rates for breast cancer are increasing by 
as much as five percent annually in low-resource coun-
tries; 
Whereas, since its inception, Susan G. Komen for the Cure 
has invested more than $1,300,000,000 in breast cancer 
research, education, and community health services that 
have raised awareness and improved treatment, helping 
more people survive the disease and creating a strong 
support community of breast cancer survivors; 
Whereas publicly and privately funded research has resulted 
in treatment that has raised the 5-year survival rate for 
women with localized breast cancer from 80 percent in 
the 1950s to 98 percent in 2008; 
Whereas the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Series is the 
organization’s signature program and is the world’s larg-
est and most successful education and fundraising event 
for breast cancer; 
Whereas more than 120 Komen Race for the Cure events are 
held across the globe, raising significant funds and 
awareness for the fight against breast cancer; 
Whereas a record $3,700,000 from the 2008 Komen Race for 
the Cure was granted to 18 organizations in the National 
Capital area for 2009, a 10 percent increase over last 
year’s local funding; 
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Whereas these grants are awarded to projects dedicated to 
addressing gaps and unmet needs in breast health edu-
cation and breast cancer screening and treatment in un-
derserved populations throughout the National Capital 
area; 
Whereas 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the first Susan 
G. Komen National Race for the Cure in Washington, 
DC; 
Whereas this year the Susan G. Komen National Race for 
the Cure becomes the first-ever Susan G. Komen Global 
Race for the Cure, reflecting Komen’s global mission to 
end breast cancer wherever we find it, at home or abroad; 
and 
Whereas more than 50,000 participants, including 4,000 
breast cancer survivors and hundreds of congressional 
and Federal agency employees are expected for the 20th 
annual 5K run/walk on Saturday, June 6, 2009, on the 
National Mall: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) remembers the lives of the women and men 
who have lost their fight with breast cancer and ex-
presses support and admiration for those who have 
survived; 
(2) 
congratulates 
those 
survivors, 
family, 
friends, and other community members who partici-
pate in the Global Race for the Cure in order to 
raise money for research and education so that 
many more may survive and encourages Americans 
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to walk this year and to support their family and 
friends who participate; and 
(3) honors the Susan G. Komen Global Race 
for the Cure for its impact on the National Capital 
Area, the Nation, and the world. 
Æ 
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