PRINTER'S NO. 2605
No. 441 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, ARGALL, BARRAR, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER,
BOBACK, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CLYMER, CONKLIN,
CREIGHTON, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FLECK, FRANKEL,
GALLOWAY, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GRUCELA,
HARHART, HARKINS, HARPER, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, JAMES,
KENNEY, KOTIK, KULA, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MANTZ, McILHATTAN,
MELIO, MENSCH, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILNE, MOYER, MUSTIO,
M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PARKER, PAYNE, PERZEL, PETRONE,
PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, READSHAW, ROSS, RUBLEY,
SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STAIRS,
SWANGER, THOMAS, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WANSACZ, WATSON,
WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, SCHRODER AND MURT, OCTOBER 15, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 15, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating October 21, 2007, as "Biomedical Research Day" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, The biomedical research community in the United
4 States and especially in this Commonwealth is recognized as a
5 world leader in discoveries which promote health and the
6 treatment of disease; and
7 WHEREAS, Biomedical research has helped increase the life
8 span of people in the United States through the development of
9 vaccines, antibiotics and anti-infective drugs; and
10 WHEREAS, Biomedical research has contributed to the
11 elimination of many epidemic diseases and has helped to prevent
12 numerous childhood killers in the United States; and
1 WHEREAS, Biomedical researchers are working diligently toward
2 cures for Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, acquired immune
3 deficiency syndrome (AIDS), cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, heart
4 and lung diseases, mental illnesses, multiple sclerosis and
5 countless other diseases affecting millions of people in the
6 United States; and
7 WHEREAS, Biomedical research has contributed to the health
8 and well-being of animals through vaccines and has helped the
9 prospects of endangered species by reducing diseases and
10 promoting reproduction; and
11 WHEREAS, Biomedical research offers the best hope for new
12 breakthroughs in disease detection and treatment; therefore be
13 it
14 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate October
15 21, 2007, as "Biomedical Research Day" in Pennsylvania in
16 recognition of the biomedical research community and its service
17 to this Commonwealth.
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