PRINTER'S NO. 573
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
46
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY PILEGGI, AUMENT, BAKER, BOSCOLA, BREWSTER, COSTA,
DINNIMAN, FARNESE, FONTANA, GREENLEAF, HAYWOOD, HUTCHINSON,
RAFFERTY, SCAVELLO, SCHWANK, SMITH, TEPLITZ, VULAKOVICH AND
WOZNIAK, MARCH 3, 2015
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 3, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of March 15 through 21, 2015, as "Sunshine
Week" in Pennsylvania to commemorate the anniversary of James
Madison's birth.
WHEREAS, James Madison, the father of our Federal
Constitution, was born on March 16, 1751; and
WHEREAS, James Madison wrote that "consent of the governed"
requires that the people be able to "arm themselves with the
power which knowledge gives;" and
WHEREAS, An open and accessible government is vital to
establishing and maintaining the people's trust and confidence
in government and in the government's ability to effectively
serve its citizens; and
WHEREAS, Every citizen in our participatory democracy has an
inherent right of access to government meetings and public
records; and
WHEREAS, The protection of every person's right of access to
public records and government meetings is and should remain a
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