Bill Text: PA HR877 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating October 21, 2012, as "Biomedical Research Day" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 31-15)

Status: (Passed) 2012-10-02 - Adopted (194-0) [HR877 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR877-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 4117
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 877 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, BAKER, BRADFORD, CAUSER, CLYMER, CUTLER, DALEY, DAVIS, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FLECK, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GROVE, HARHART, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HORNAMAN, KILLION, KORTZ, KOTIK, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MATZIE, MILLARD, MILNE, PAYNE, PETRI, PICKETT, PRESTON, QUIGLEY, READSHAW, ROCK, ROSS, SAINATO, SAYLOR, STABACK, STEPHENS, SWANGER, VEREB, WATSON AND MURT, OCTOBER 1, 2012
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, OCTOBER 1, 2012
A RESOLUTION
Designating October 21, 2012, as "Biomedical Research Day" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The biomedical research community in the United
States and especially in this Commonwealth is recognized as a
world leader in discoveries which promote health and the
treatment of disease; and
WHEREAS, Virtually every major medical advance in the past
century has depended upon biomedical research; and
WHEREAS, These advances include the prevention and treatment
of cancer, discoveries of vaccines for the prevention of
measles, mumps, polio and hepatitis, and medications to treat
high blood pressure, arthritis and mental illness, among many
others; and
WHEREAS, Biomedical research has helped increase the life
span of people in the United States through the development of
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vaccines, antibiotics and anti-infective drugs; and
WHEREAS, Biomedical research has contributed to the
elimination of many epidemic diseases and has helped to prevent
numerous childhood killers in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Biomedical researchers are working diligently toward
cures for Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, acquired immune
deficiency syndrome (AIDS), cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, heart
and lung diseases, mental illnesses, multiple sclerosis and
countless other diseases affecting millions of people in the
United States; and
WHEREAS, Biomedical research has contributed to the health
and well-being of animals through vaccines and has helped the
prospects of endangered species by reducing diseases and
promoting reproduction; and
WHEREAS, Biomedical research offers the best hope for new
breakthroughs in disease detection and treatment; and
WHEREAS, The biomedical research community in this
Commonwealth and throughout the United States is recognized as
the world leader in discovering and developing new knowledge and
ideas that promote better health and the treatment of disease;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate October
21, 2012, as "Biomedical Research Day" in Pennsylvania in
recognition of the biomedical research community and its service
to this Commonwealth.
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