A resolution expressing support for the designation of a "Women's Health Research Day".

III 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. RES. 29 Expressing support for the designation of a ‘‘Women’s Health Research Day’’. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 25 (legislative day, JANUARY 24), 2019 Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. KING, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. BROWN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. MURRAY, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. KLO- BUCHAR, Ms. STABENOW, and Ms. ROSEN) submitted the following reso- lution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions RESOLUTION Expressing support for the designation of a ‘‘Women’s Health Research Day’’. Whereas women constitute 50.8 percent of people in the United States; Whereas women of different races, ethnicities, ages, and so- cioeconomic status experience many diseases and dis- orders differently than men experience those diseases and disorders; Whereas those different experiences are reflected in the inci- dence, prevalence, symptomology, and severity of the dis- ease or disorder; VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:54 Jan 25, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR29.IS SR29 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •SRES 29 IS Whereas the risks and benefits of medical therapies vary based on the race, ethnicity, age, and socioeconomic sta- tus of a woman; Whereas women and men have fundamental biological dif- ferences; Whereas, for many years, women of different races, ethnicities, ages, and socioeconomic status were under- represented in biomedical and clinical research; Whereas the improvement of the health of women relies on sex- and gender-based biomedical and clinical research; Whereas the promise of individualized medicine cannot be re- alized without sex- and gender-based parity in research; Whereas, on January 25, 2016, the National Institutes of Health implemented a policy requiring federally funded investigators to consider sex as a biological variable in preclinical research; and Whereas that policy ushered in a new era of inclusivity and parity in research relating to the health of women: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, that the Senate— 1 (1) expresses support for the designation of a 2 ‘‘Women’s Health Research Day’’; and 3 (2) supports efforts— 4 (A) to recognize the importance of bio- 5 medical and clinical research to the health and 6 well-being of women; 7 (B) to increase awareness of the value of 8 sex- and gender-based biomedical research; and 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:54 Jan 25, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR29.IS SR29 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •SRES 29 IS (C) to encourage individuals, including re- 1 searchers and patients, to advocate on behalf of 2 sex- and gender-inclusive research for women of 3 different races, ethnicities, ages, and socio- 4 economic status. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:54 Jan 25, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR29.IS SR29 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS