,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #cej  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september
 #bf1 #bjai ,mr4 ,manchin 7for himself1 
,mr4 ,hawley1 ,mr4 ,reed1 and ,mrs4     
,capito7 submitted the following        
resolution2 which was considered and    
agreed to  ,,resolution  ,designating   
,september #bjai as ,national ,childhood
 ,cancer ,awareness ,month4  ,whereas   
each year more than #ae1jjj children    
under the age of #ai in the ,united     
,states1 and more than #cjj1jjj children
 globally1 are diagnosed with cancer2   
,whereas every year more than #a1gjj    
children under the age of #ai in the    
,united ,states lose their lives to     
cancer2 ,whereas childhood cancer is the
 leading cause of death from disease and
 the second overall leading cause of    
death for children in the ,united       
,states2 ,whereas the #e-year survival  
rate for children with cancer has       
increased from #eh percent in the       
mid-#aigjs to #hd percent in #bjai1     

representing significant improvement    
from previous decades2 and ,whereas     
cancer occurs regularly and randomly and
 spares no racial or ethnic group1      
socioeconomic class1 or geographic      
region3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that   
the ,senate-- 7#a7 designates ,september
 #bjai1 as ,national ,childhood ,cancer 
,awareness ,month2  7#b7 requests that  
the ,federal ,government1 ,states1      
localities1 and nonprofit organizations 
observe the month with appropriate      
programs and activities1 with the goal  
of increasing public knowledge of the   
risks of cancer2 and  7#c7 recognizes   
the human toll of cancer and pledges to 
make the prevention and cure of cancer a
 public health priority4