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House Calendar No. 156
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 522
[Report No. 108–440] 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there is a critical 
need to increase awareness and education about heart disease and the 
risk factors of heart disease among women. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2004
Mr. SNYDER (for himself, Mrs. KELLY, Mrs. CAPITO, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, 
Mr. KIND, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Ms. DUNN, Mrs. BONO, Ms. LORETTA 
SANCHEZ of California, Mr. GORDON, Mr. ROSS, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. LAN-
TOS, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. STUPAK, and Mr. BERRY) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
MARCH 18, 2004
Additional sponsors: Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. 
GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. FEENEY, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. BALD-
WIN, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, 
Mr. KILDEE, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. WATSON, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mr. JOHN, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
MEEKS of New York, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. FROST, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. STARK, Mr. OWENS, Mr. JENKINS, 
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. LIPIN-
SKI, Mr. TERRY, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mrs. CAPPS, 
Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. HOEFFEL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. WU, Ms. 
SOLIS, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, and Mr. PASCRELL 
MARCH 18, 2004
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed
•HRES 522 RH 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
there is a critical need to increase awareness and edu-
cation about heart disease and the risk factors of heart 
disease among women.
Whereas heart disease is the number one killer of American 
women; 
Whereas heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular dis-
eases claim the lives of more than half a million women 
each year; 
Whereas heart disease takes the lives of more women than 
men; 
Whereas according to a recent American Heart Association 
survey, only 13 percent of women consider heart disease 
their greatest health threat; 
Whereas one in three women dies of heart disease; 
Whereas heart disease kills almost twice as many women as 
all forms of cancer; 
Whereas African-Americans are at greater risk for heart dis-
ease and stroke than Caucasians, affecting African-Amer-
ican females at a rate of 39.6 percent compared to 23.8 
percent in Caucasian females; 
Whereas heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of 
death for Hispanics, and responsible for 33 percent of 
deaths in Hispanic females; 
Whereas heart disease risk factors include family history, 
smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, over-
weight/obesity, physical inactivity, and diabetes; and
•HRES 522 RH 
Whereas women are often unaware of the risk and receive 
fewer preventive services than recommended: Now, there-
fore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that there is a critical need to increase aware-
ness and education about heart disease and the risk fac-
tors for heart disease among women, and the House of 
Representatives—
(1) commends First Lady Laura Bush and the 
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in their 
vital campaign to raise public awareness that heart 
disease is the number one killer of American women; 
(2) believes that heart disease will remain the 
number one killer of American women unless we as 
a society dramatically improve education, preventa-
tive care, research, diagnostic capabilities, and treat-
ments; and 
(3) recognizes that the more women become 
cognizant of the scourge of heart disease and how to 
prevent it, the more likely they can make sound life-
style changes to help reduce their chances of getting 
heart disease.