PRINTER'S NO. 3180
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
815
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY EVANKOVICH, SCHLOSSBERG, COHEN, THOMAS, BAKER,
GREINER, ROZZI, MATZIE, MILLARD, SCHREIBER, READSHAW, MURT,
WHEELAND, BIZZARRO, MACKENZIE, GIBBONS, KILLION, EVERETT,
HEFFLEY, A. HARRIS, MARSICO, HENNESSEY, NEILSON, CALTAGIRONE,
LONGIETTI, KAUFFMAN, REGAN, MAHONEY, McNEILL, ROSS, GROVE,
DONATUCCI, MAJOR, SAYLOR, WATSON, DiGIROLAMO, OBERLANDER,
GINGRICH, MOUL AND GILLEN, APRIL 13, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 13, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing April 13, 2016, as "Industrial Resource Center
Appreciation Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Manufacturing is among this Commonwealth's leading
industries, contributing $82 billion in economic impact each
year, an amount that makes this Commonwealth the 8th largest
manufacturing state in the nation; and
WHEREAS, Manufacturing provides a family-sustaining average
wage of over $57,000 to more than 570,000 direct employees each
year, thus infusing over $32 billion of employee earnings into
this Commonwealth's economy each year; and
WHEREAS, This Commonwealth's more than 14,000 manufacturers
helped fuel the Commonwealth by contributing more than $959
million of wage taxes and $445 million of sales taxes to the
State Treasury last year; and
WHEREAS, The industrial resource centers were established by
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