PRINTER'S NO. 2231
No. 238 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY L. I. COHEN, E. Z. TAYLOR, ARMSTRONG, SATHER,
BARLEY, GEORGE, NAILOR, MASLAND, BROWN, PIPPY, BAKER, ARGALL,
DENT, B. SMITH, DONATUCCI, FICHTER, CAPPABIANCA, GORDNER,
THOMAS, FLICK, BELARDI, FARGO, BARRAR, MARSICO, WILT,
HALUSKA, GODSHALL, CARN, DEMPSEY, M. N. WRIGHT, COY,
HENNESSEY, DeWEESE, LUCYK, RUBLEY, ROSS, SANTONI, O'BRIEN,
STABACK, KENNEY, SCHRODER, DeLUCA, CURRY, TRUE, HERMAN,
GEIST, LESCOVITZ, MANDERINO, BEBKO-JONES, CORPORA, WALKO,
BENNINGHOFF, SAYLOR, ZUG, RAYMOND, ADOLPH, DRUCE, PISTELLA,
TANGRETTI, DERMODY, ITKIN, MUNDY, HESS, OLASZ, WAUGH, MELIO,
VANCE, DiGIROLAMO, BOSCOLA, EGOLF, ORIE, TIGUE, JAMES,
READSHAW, RAMOS, SCRIMENTI, LEVDANSKY, LAUGHLIN, WOJNAROSKI,
FAIRCHILD, McGEEHAN, McCALL, MAITLAND, McNAUGHTON, HERSHEY,
GIGLIOTTI, SCHULER, PESCI, BARD, SHANER, EACHUS, PHILLIPS,
LYNCH, C. WILLIAMS, HUTCHINSON, HARHART, VAN HORNE AND
MILLER, SEPTEMBER 24, 1997
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 24, 1997
A RESOLUTION
1 Commending the Governor for proclaiming the month of October
2 1997 as "Breast Cancer Awareness Month" and October 17, 1997,
3 as "National Mammography Day" in this Commonwealth and urging
4 all citizens of this Commonwealth to join in its observance
5 by renewing their awareness of breast cancer and by becoming
6 knowledgeable about the most current medical developments
7 regarding this tragic disease.
8 WHEREAS, This year, more than 180,000 women in the United
9 States will learn for the first time that they have breast
10 cancer, and more than 40,000 women, including more than 2,500
11 women in this Commonwealth, will die of breast cancer; and
12 WHEREAS, Early detection and prompt treatment can
13 significantly reduce the suffering and death caused by this
1 disease; and
2 WHEREAS, Mammography, an X-ray of the breast, is the single
3 most effective method of detecting breast changes that may be
4 cancer, long before physical symptoms can be seen or felt;
5 therefore be it
6 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commend the
7 Governor for proclaiming the month of October 1997 as "Breast
8 Cancer Awareness Month" and October 17, 1997, as "National
9 Mammography Day" in this Commonwealth; and be it further
10 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge all women
11 and their families to get the facts about mammography; and be it
12 further
13 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
14 Governor Thomas J. Ridge.
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