PRINTER'S NO. 1766
No. 320 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY KING, FREEMAN, SURRA, DONATUCCI, WOJNAROSKI,
CONKLIN, DALEY, YOUNGBLOOD, BELFANTI, BISHOP, CALTAGIRONE,
COHEN, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GOODMAN,
GRUCELA, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, PHILLIPS,
RAMALEY, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI,
SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SHIMKUS, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, WATSON,
VEREB, THOMAS, R. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR, SONNEY, HICKERNELL,
KIRKLAND, KORTZ, KULA, LEACH, LENTZ, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN,
EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, MANTZ, MARSHALL,
MARSICO, McCALL, McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN, MILLARD, MOUL, MOYER,
MUNDY, MURT, MUSTIO, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PAYNE AND
PETRONE, JUNE 5, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 5, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the month of October 2007 as "Agent Orange
2 Recognition Month" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Beginning in 1950 and ending with troop evacuations
4 in 1975, the Vietnam War was the longest conflict in American
5 history; and
6 WHEREAS, During the Vietnam War, American servicepersons
7 displayed heroic courage and determination under some of the
8 most difficult circumstances ever encountered in United States
9 military history; and
10 WHEREAS, Approximately 498,000 men and women from this
11 Commonwealth served during the Vietnam War era, an estimated
12 172,000 of whom directly participated in the war; and
1 WHEREAS, According to the United States Department of
2 Veterans Affairs, approximately 20 million gallons of Agent
3 Orange and other herbicides were used during the Vietnam War;
4 and
5 WHEREAS, Thousands of Vietnam War veterans have died due to
6 the use of Agent Orange; and
7 WHEREAS, Thousands of veterans still suffer from cancer and
8 other health disorders caused by exposure to Agent Orange; and
9 WHEREAS, Veterans with health problems caused by Agent Orange
10 live with the knowledge that genetic damage resulting from their
11 exposure to Agent Orange may be handed down through generations;
12 therefore be it
13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
14 month of October 2007 as "Agent Orange Recognition Month" in
15 Pennsylvania.
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