PRINTER'S NO. 294
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
59
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, M. QUINN, KULIK, BURNS, D. COSTA, KORTZ,
READSHAW, WARD, HENNESSEY, MILLARD, PICKETT, FREEMAN, MURT,
KINSEY, LONGIETTI, SCHLOSSBERG, KNOWLES, TOOHIL, METZGAR,
MACKENZIE, CUTLER, DUSH, SONNEY, BOBACK, DRISCOLL, MARSHALL,
CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, RYAN, WATSON, RABB, GOODMAN, V. BROWN,
KAUFFMAN, O'BRIEN, MARSICO, O'NEILL, KAVULICH, NEILSON,
IRVIN, DONATUCCI, GABLER AND SANKEY, FEBRUARY 3, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
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 5
through 11, 2017, 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 this devastating disease; and
WHEREAS, Multiple sclerosis generally strikes young adults 20
through 50 years of age, attacking them in the prime of their
lives, and the cause and cure for this debilitating disease
remain unknown; and
WHEREAS, For more than 70 years, the National Multiple
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