PRINTER'S NO. 1143
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
225
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, BAKER, BOBACK, BROWNLEE, CALTAGIRONE,
COHEN, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DUSH, EVERETT,
FEE, GOODMAN, HEFFLEY, HELM, HENNESSEY, IRVIN, JAMES,
KAVULICH, M. K. KELLER, KINSEY, KNOWLES, MACKENZIE, MAJOR,
MARSICO, McCARTER, METZGAR, MILLARD, PAYNE, PICKETT, QUIGLEY,
READSHAW, ROSS, SABATINA, SONNEY, TALLMAN, THOMAS, VEREB,
WARD, WATSON, WHEELAND, YOUNGBLOOD, ZIMMERMAN, PEIFER,
GIBBONS, A. HARRIS, MURT AND CUTLER, APRIL 10, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 10, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating April 14, 2015, as "Forest and Paper Products Day"
in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, It is important to recognize "Forest and Paper
Products Day" to remind the residents of this Commonwealth of
the unique contributions the forest products industry has made
to the history, texture and quality of life in Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, The first paper mill in the United States was
founded in Pennsylvania in 1690; and
WHEREAS, More than 10% of this Commonwealth's manufacturing
work force is involved in the industry with approximately 60,000
Pennsylvanians making a livelihood connected to the industry;
and
WHEREAS, Forest products encompass an incredibly wide range
of products with nearly limitless everyday uses from
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facilitating education, communications, hygiene, food storage
and product protection to providing shelters and homes; and
WHEREAS, There are more than 2,100 separate businesses
involved in the forest products industry with a presence in
every county of this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, The industry's responsible stewardship of our
forests and commitment to sustainable practices are why the
United States has more forests today than it did just 25 years
ago; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Forest Products Association was
created in 1980 to provide a unified voice on State legislative
and regulatory issues representing all sectors of the forest
products industry; and
WHEREAS, The American Forest & Paper Association is the
national trade association of the forest products industry
representing more than 925,000 jobs nationally and advances
public policies that promote a strong and sustainable forest
products industry in the United States for the global
marketplace; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate April 14, 2015, as
"Forest and Paper Products Day" in Pennsylvania.
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