PRINTER'S NO. 4011
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
1065
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY RAPP, CAUSER, GABLER, PICKETT, COHEN, DUSH,
SONNEY, TOOHIL, ROZZI, KAUFFMAN, HENNESSEY, D. COSTA, WARNER,
WARD, VEREB, MACKENZIE, KIRKLAND, SAYLOR, O'NEILL, WATSON AND
EVERETT, OCTOBER 13, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 13, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of October 16 through 22, 2016, as
"National Forest Products Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, It is important to recognize "National Forest
Products Week" to remind Pennsylvanians of the unique
contributions the forest products industry has made to the
history, texture and quality of life in Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, The first paper mill in the United States was
founded in Pennsylvania in 1690; and
WHEREAS, More than 10% of this Commonwealth's manufacturing
work force is involved in the industry, with approximately
60,000 Pennsylvanians making a livelihood connected to the
industry; and
WHEREAS, Forest products encompass an incredibly wide range
of products with nearly limitless everyday uses from
facilitating education, communications, hygiene, food storage
and product protection to providing shelter and adding beauty to
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