PRINTER'S NO. 2757
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
658
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY HARHART, BAKER, BIZZARRO, BOBACK, BULLOCK, COHEN,
CORBIN, D. COSTA, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DUSH, EVERETT,
FARINA, FREEMAN, GROVE, HAHN, HEFFLEY, HENNESSEY, PHILLIPS-
HILL, JOZWIAK, KAUFFMAN, KILLION, KIM, KIRKLAND, KLUNK,
KNOWLES, LONGIETTI, MACKENZIE, MARSICO, MATZIE, McNEILL,
MILLARD, MURT, O'BRIEN, OBERLANDER, ORTITAY, PAYNE, PICKETT,
ROSS, ROZZI, SAYLOR, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHREIBER, SCHWEYER,
SONNEY, THOMAS, TOEPEL, TOOHIL, VEREB, WARD, WATSON, WHEELAND
AND YOUNGBLOOD, JANUARY 25, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 25, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing February 5, 2016, 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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