PRINTER'S NO. 3268
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
809
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY CUTLER, CORBIN, DEAN, BARRAR, DRISCOLL, GREINER,
BAKER, WARD, ENGLISH, PASHINSKI, ROTHMAN, TOOHIL, MACKENZIE,
LONGIETTI, MURT, RYAN, MILLARD, DiGIROLAMO, HICKERNELL,
KNOWLES, NEILSON, READSHAW, BIZZARRO, METZGAR, FEE, BOBACK,
MARSICO, R. BROWN, SOLOMON, CALTAGIRONE, HENNESSEY, TAYLOR,
SCHLOSSBERG, O'NEILL, RAVENSTAHL, SAYLOR, MENTZER, CHARLTON,
YOUNGBLOOD, BURNS, DUSH, SONNEY, KAVULICH, B. MILLER,
PICKETT, WHEELAND, SCHLEGEL CULVER, HILL-EVANS, ZIMMERMAN,
SCHWEYER, WATSON, DEASY, BENNINGHOFF, M. QUINN AND ROZZI,
APRIL 6, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 6, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of May 2018 as "Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is better known
as Lou Gehrig's disease; and
WHEREAS, ALS is a fatal neurodegenerative disease
characterized by degeneration of cell bodies of the lower motor
neurons in the gray matter of the anterior horn of the spinal
cord; and
WHEREAS, The initial symptom of ALS is weakness of the
skeletal muscles, especially those of the extremities; and
WHEREAS, As ALS progresses, the patient experiences
difficulty in swallowing, talking and breathing; and
WHEREAS, ALS eventually causes muscles to atrophy, and the
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