By: Rose H.R. No. 248
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The second Susan G. Komen for the Cure Advocacy Day
in Texas is being held on February 4, 2009; and
WHEREAS, Founded in 1982, the Susan G. Komen Affiliate
Network is the largest private funder of community-based breast
health education and breast cancer screening and treatment programs
in the nation; the network is sustained by more than 100,000 breast
cancer survivors and activists; and
WHEREAS, In the United States, a woman receives a diagnosis
of breast cancer every three minutes, making that disease the most
frequently diagnosed of all cancers affecting women; it was
expected that, in 2008, approximately 185,000 new cases of breast
cancer would occur among women and that 41,000 women would succumb
to the disease; in addition, it was anticipated that more than 1,900
cases of breast cancer would be diagnosed among men; and
WHEREAS, Without a cure, one in eight women in the United
States will continue to be diagnosed with breast cancer; moreover,
the next quarter-century will see an estimated five million
American women and 25 million women worldwide diagnosed with breast
cancer, and more than a million American women and some 10 million
women worldwide could die; and
WHEREAS, Susan G. Komen for the Cure is doing outstanding
work in combating this devastating illness: up to 75 percent of the
net income of each Susan G. Komen domestic affiliate is dedicated to
fighting breast cancer in the local community, with grants being
awarded to local hospitals and community organizations that provide
breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment
for medically underserved women; the remaining net income, a
minimum of 25 percent, supports the Susan G. Komen Award and
Research Grant Program, which funds groundbreaking breast cancer
research, meritorious awards, and educational and scientific
programs around the world; and
WHEREAS, Susan G. Komen for the Cure has played a critical
role in every major advance in the struggle against breast cancer,
contributing to such achievements as an increased rate of early
detection, more research, and a greatly improved five-year survival
rate; today, 2.3 million breast cancer survivors in the United
States attest to the power of social action and science to save
lives; and
WHEREAS, Over the next decade, Susan G. Komen for the Cure
aims to invest more than $600 million in breast health care and
treatment for the underserved, as well as over $400 million in
research; the organization also plans to mobilize more than 10
million individuals for the fight against the disease; and
WHEREAS, In support of the second Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Advocacy Day in Texas, members of Susan G. Komen affiliates in
Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Amarillo, Lubbock, North
Texas and Tarrant County are visiting the State Capitol; joining
them are medical professionals who have received Susan G. Komen
grants, as well as several representatives from the national
organization; and
WHEREAS, Breast cancer touches the lives of thousands of
individuals across the Lone Star State, and Komen for the Cure is to
be commended for the vision, passion, and tenacity it brings to its
vital mission; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby recognize February 4, 2009, as the second Susan
G. Komen for the Cure Advocacy Day in Texas and extend to all those
associated with Susan G. Komen for the Cure sincere appreciation
for their commitment to such an important cause.