H.R. No. 152
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives takes great pride
in joining the battle against cancer by recognizing October 2003 as
Breast Cancer Awareness Month; and
WHEREAS, Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer
found in women today; in 2003 alone, an estimated 13,700 Texas women
will be diagnosed with the disease and 2,600 women will die from it;
and
WHEREAS, The state's health and education professionals are
seeking to heighten women's awareness of the importance of having a
baseline mammogram and breast exam as an important first step in the
breast cancer screening process; furthermore, continued adherence
to recommended screening guidelines could significantly reduce the
mortality rate among breast cancer sufferers by at least 30
percent; and
WHEREAS, Since more than 75 percent of all breast cancers are
found in women 50 years of age and older, women are encouraged to
have a yearly mammogram and breast exam beginning at age 40, as well
as to conduct their own self-examinations on a regular basis; and
WHEREAS, Early detection is the key to surviving breast
cancer, and equipping the public with the information and means to
achieve this goal is truly a worthy endeavor; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby recognize October 2003 as
Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Texas.
Chavez
Craddick Geren Mercer
Allen Giddings Merritt
Alonzo Goodman Miller
Bailey Goolsby Moreno of Harris
Baxter Griggs Moreno of El Paso
Berman Grusendorf Morrison
Bohac Guillen Mowery
Bonnen Gutierrez Naishtat
Branch Haggerty Nixon
Brown of Kaufman Hamilton Noriega
Brown of Brazos Hamric Oliveira
Burnam Hardcastle Olivo
Callegari Harper-Brown Paxton
Campbell Hartnett Pena
Canales Heflin Phillips
Capelo Hegar Pickett
Casteel Hilderbran Pitts
Castro Hill Puente
Chavez Hochberg Quintanilla
Chisum Hodge Raymond
Christian Homer Reyna
Coleman Hope Riddle
Cook of Navarro Hopson Ritter
Cook of Colorado Howard Rodriguez
Corte Hughes Rose
Crabb Hunter Seaman
Crownover Hupp Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Dawson Jones of Bexar Solis
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solomons
Denny Keel Stick
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Swinford
Driver Keffer of Eastland Talton
Dukes King Taylor
Dunnam Kolkhorst Telford
Dutton Krusee Thompson
Edwards Kuempel Truitt
Eiland Laney Turner
Eissler Laubenberg Uresti
Elkins Lewis Van Arsdale
Ellis Luna Villarreal
Escobar Mabry West
Farabee Madden Wilson
Farrar Marchant Wise
Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth
Flynn McCall Wolens
Gallego McClendon Wong
Garza McReynolds Woolley
Gattis Menendez Zedler
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 152 was adopted by the House on
October 2, 2003, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House