PRINTER'S NO. 3078
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
726
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, M. QUINN, SAINATO, BURNS, DeLUCA, KULIK,
READSHAW, HENNESSEY, BAKER, RYAN, NEILSON, MACKENZIE, TAYLOR,
CHARLTON, SCHLOSSBERG, GREINER, LONGIETTI, KINSEY,
CALTAGIRONE, DUSH, SONNEY, CAUSER, DRISCOLL, O'NEILL,
DiGIROLAMO, BARRAR, HILL-EVANS, MARSHALL, PASHINSKI,
KAUFFMAN, MILLARD, PICKETT, BOBACK, R. BROWN, WATSON,
SOLOMON, YOUNGBLOOD, BERNSTINE, DONATUCCI, MARSICO, BRADFORD,
WARD, MURT, MOUL, GOODMAN, ROEBUCK, SCHWEYER, GILLEN,
J. McNEILL, SCHLEGEL CULVER AND WARREN, MARCH 6, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 6, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the importance of finding the cause and a cure for
multiple sclerosis; expressing appreciation to the
Pennsylvania chapters of the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society for their work; and recognizing the week of March 11
through 17, 2018, as "Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease of the
central nervous system, affecting an estimated 2.3 million
people; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania chapters of the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society report that in this Commonwealth more than
24,000 people are affected by multiple sclerosis; and
WHEREAS, Multiple sclerosis generally strikes young adults 20
to 50 years of age, attacking them in the prime of their lives,
and the cause and a cure remain unknown; and
WHEREAS, For more than 70 years, the National Multiple
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