PRINTER'S NO. 254
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
56
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY HARHART, PICKETT, DONATUCCI, GRELL, SCHLOSSBERG,
WHEELAND, FRANKEL, PASHINSKI, HEFFLEY, CORBIN, VEREB,
HENNESSEY, KIM, SONNEY, DUSH, DiGIROLAMO, MATZIE, THOMAS,
MARSHALL, READSHAW, MACKENZIE, HAHN, BOBACK, V. BROWN, BAKER,
C. PARKER, COHEN, KAUFFMAN, MUSTIO, CALTAGIRONE, WATSON,
SCHWEYER, FARINA, TOEPEL, GODSHALL, LONGIETTI, STURLA,
FREEMAN, MILLARD, DeLUCA, BROWNLEE, M. K. KELLER, ROSS,
MAHONEY, KORTZ, MAJOR, HELM, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, ROZZI AND
GABLER, FEBRUARY 2, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing February 6, 2015, as "National Wear Red Day" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Heart disease is the number one killer of women, yet
is often preventable; and
WHEREAS, Cardiovascular diseases cause one in three women's
deaths each year, killing approximately one woman every minute;
and
WHEREAS, An estimated 44 million women in the United States
are affected by cardiovascular diseases; and
WHEREAS, Ninety percent of women have one or more risk
factors for developing heart disease, yet only one in five
American women believe that heart disease is the greatest health
threat; and
WHEREAS, Since 1984, more women than men have died each year
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