PRINTER'S NO. 4503
No. 933 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY MENSCH, ARGALL, BAKER, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BOBACK,
BOYD, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CIVERA, COHEN, COX, CREIGHTON,
CUTLER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK,
FRANKEL, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH,
GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHART, HARRIS, HELM, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY,
HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, KORTZ, KOTIK, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY,
MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN, MANTZ, MARSICO, McILHATTAN, MELIO,
MILLARD, MOUL, MOYER, MUNDY, MUSTIO, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE,
PARKER, PAYNE, PETRONE, PHILLIPS, PYLE, QUINN, RAMALEY, RAPP,
READSHAW, ROCK, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SEIP,
SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, R. STEVENSON,
SWANGER, TRUE, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WALKO, WATERS, WATSON AND
WOJNAROSKI, OCTOBER 6, 2008
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 6, 2008
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the week of October 20 through 24, 2008, as
2 "National Business Women's Week" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Working women constitute 66 million of this nation's
4 work force and they strive to serve their communities, their
5 states and their nation in professional, civic and cultural
6 capacities; and
7 WHEREAS, Women-owned businesses account for 28% of all United
8 States businesses, generating $1.15 trillion in sales; and
9 WHEREAS, In 1928, President Herbert Hoover designated the
10 third week of October as "National Business Women's Week"; and
11 WHEREAS, The major goals of Business and Professional
12 Women/USA are to promote equality for all women and to help
1 create better conditions for working women through the study of
2 social, educational, economic and political issues; and
3 WHEREAS, For 75 years, various women's business groups have
4 been spotlighting the achievements and contributions of working
5 women during "National Business Women's Week"; therefore be it
6 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
7 week of October 20 through 24, 2008, as "National Business
8 Women's Week" in Pennsylvania.
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