PRINTER'S NO. 1354
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
294
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GRELL, READSHAW, DUNBAR, CUTLER, DONATUCCI, COHEN,
BENNINGHOFF, BAKER, KOTIK, SAINATO, BIZZARRO, DiGIROLAMO,
SCHLOSSBERG, KIM, V. BROWN, ROSS, MILLARD, THOMAS, KIRKLAND,
MACKENZIE, DUSH, SONNEY, ROZZI, KILLION, KNOWLES, LONGIETTI,
CALTAGIRONE, BROWNLEE, McCARTER, TOPPER, A. HARRIS, D. COSTA,
FARINA, MAJOR, KINSEY, SCHWEYER, O'NEILL, GIBBONS, DeLUCA,
MAHONEY, WHEELAND, GOODMAN, MURT, YOUNGBLOOD, MARSICO,
WATSON, MATZIE AND PAYNE, APRIL 27, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 27, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of May 2015 as "Cystic Fibrosis Awareness
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease affecting
approximately 30,000 children and adults in the United States
and nearly 70,000 children and adults worldwide, 1,659 of whom
live in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, A defective gene causes the body to produce an
abnormally thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs, and these
secretions produce life-threatening lung infections and obstruct
the pancreas, preventing digestive enzymes from reaching the
intestines to help break down and absorb food; and
WHEREAS, More than 10 million Americans are symptomless
carriers of the defective CF gene, and CF occurs in
approximately one of every 3,500 live births in the United
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