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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 239 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Raising awareness of the racial disparities in the impact of colorectal cancer |
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| 6 | 6 | | on the Black community. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH21, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. W |
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| 10 | 10 | | ATSONCOLEMAN(for herself, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | OHEN, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. |
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| 14 | 14 | | RESSLEY, Ms. CLARKEof New York, Mr. THOMPSONof Mississippi, and |
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| 15 | 15 | | Mr. M |
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| 16 | 16 | | EEKS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the |
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| 17 | 17 | | Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 18 | 18 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 19 | 19 | | Raising awareness of the racial disparities in the impact |
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| 20 | 20 | | of colorectal cancer on the Black community. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Whereas colorectal cancer, or CRC, is the third-most common |
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| 22 | 22 | | cancer in the United States for men and women com- |
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| 23 | 23 | | bined, and the second-leading cause of cancer death; |
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| 24 | 24 | | Whereas this disease takes the lives of more than 50,000 peo- |
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| 25 | 25 | | ple each year; |
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| 26 | 26 | | Whereas the rate of CRC is 20 percent higher among Black |
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| 27 | 27 | | men and is 14 percent higher among Black women than |
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| 28 | 28 | | compared to non-Hispanic Whites; |
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| 32 | 32 | | Whereas the rate of CRC death is 40 percent higher among |
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| 33 | 33 | | Black men and is 25 percent higher among Black women |
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| 34 | 34 | | than compared to non-Hispanic Whites; |
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| 35 | 35 | | Whereas CRC is the third-leading cause of cancer death in |
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| 36 | 36 | | both Black men and women in the United States; |
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| 37 | 37 | | Whereas Black Americans have the lowest 5-year survival |
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| 38 | 38 | | rate for CRC of any racial group in the United States; |
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| 39 | 39 | | Whereas deaths from colorectal cancer among people younger |
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| 40 | 40 | | than 55 have increased 1.9 percent per year from 2011 |
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| 41 | 41 | | to 2019; |
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| 42 | 42 | | Whereas the tragic death of 43-year-old actor Chadwick |
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| 43 | 43 | | Boseman from colorectal cancer has catalyzed more con- |
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| 44 | 44 | | versation about CRC’s impact on the Black community; |
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| 45 | 45 | | Whereas, by 2030, it is expected that CRC will be the leading |
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| 46 | 46 | | cause of death among people ages 20 to 49; |
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| 47 | 47 | | Whereas it is estimated that 19 percent of racial disparity in |
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| 48 | 48 | | CRC death rates between White and Black Americans is |
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| 49 | 49 | | due to lower screening rates alone; and |
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| 50 | 50 | | Whereas CRC has a 90-percent survival rate when caught at |
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| 51 | 51 | | the earliest stage and there are many screening methods |
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| 52 | 52 | | available: Now, therefore, be it |
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| 53 | 53 | | Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (1) recognizes the deadly impact colorectal can-2 |
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| 55 | 55 | | cer has to the American people; 3 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (2) acknowledges the racial disparity that the 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Black community faces when dealing with colorectal 5 |
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| 58 | 58 | | cancer; 6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (3) encourages the Centers for Disease Control 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | and Prevention to continue and expand their work to 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | identify those factors that result in the colorectal ra-3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | cial screening disparity and develop effective strate-4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | gies to reduce and ultimately eliminate racial dis-5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | parities in colorectal screening; 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (4) encourages everyone get colorectal cancer 7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | screening when recommended by the United States 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Preventive Services Task Force; 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (5) encourages the Centers for Disease Control 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | and Prevention to conduct research to determine any 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | environmental factors, and the National Institutes of 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Health to conduct research into any physiological 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | factors that cause an elevated risk for colorectal can-14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | cer in young adults; and 15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (6) urges State health plans to quickly adopt 16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | new measures to cover colorectal screenings for indi-17 |
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| 79 | 79 | | viduals at a lower age, with special consideration for 18 |
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| 80 | 80 | | the Black community and all those at higher risk for 19 |
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| 81 | 81 | | colorectal cancer. 20 |
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