PRINTER'S NO. 1800
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
334
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DUNBAR, BERNSTINE, BIZZARRO, BROOKS, BROWN, BURNS,
DiGIROLAMO, FREEMAN, HAHN, HELM, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, HILL-
EVANS, KNOWLES, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MACKENZIE, MILLARD,
NEILSON, OBERLANDER, PICKETT, RAVENSTAHL, READSHAW, REESE,
RYAN, SAMUELSON, SCHMITT, SONNEY, STAATS, WARREN AND
YOUNGBLOOD, MAY 13, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 13, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of May 2019 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 approximately 70,000 children and adults worldwide, 1,502 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
WHEREAS, CF occurs in approximately 1 out of every 3,500 live
births in the United States; and
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