PRINTER'S NO. 846
No. 62 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, READSHAW, FLEAGLE, FICHTER, GEORGE, LEDERER,
METCALFE, WOJNAROSKI, MARKOSEK, KENNEY, THOMAS, BARRAR,
DeWEESE, WATERS, WASHINGTON, McILHATTAN, PIPPY, SHANER, MANN,
DeLUCA, YOUNGBLOOD, HESS, LAUGHLIN, SEMMEL, RUBLEY, BUNT,
HARHAI, FEESE, LESCOVITZ, DiGIROLAMO, ZUG, ARMSTRONG, MAJOR,
CAPPABIANCA, FAIRCHILD, J. EVANS, McNAUGHTON, SCHULER, DALLY,
SANTONI, SATHER, MICOZZIE, SAYLOR, CALTAGIRONE, BELARDI,
MELIO, HERMAN, CORRIGAN, SAMUELSON, CLYMER, HERSHEY, CRUZ,
HENNESSEY, TIGUE, JOSEPHS, DERMODY, HARHART, ROSS, GRUCELA,
STABACK, M. BAKER, PISTELLA, MARSICO, GEIST, FREEMAN, HASAY,
SURRA, MANDERINO, BROWNE, FLICK, C. WILLIAMS, WALKO, FRANKEL,
SAINATO, BEBKO-JONES, JAMES, L. I. COHEN, BISHOP, BARD,
COLEMAN, B. SMITH, BELFANTI, HORSEY, R. MILLER, SOLOBAY,
WILT, CIVERA AND COLAFELLA, FEBRUARY 14, 2001
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 14, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating July 22, 2001, as "Parents' Day" in Pennsylvania.
2 WHEREAS, No job presents greater challenges, demands broader
3 responsibilities or promises more profound rewards than
4 parenthood; and
5 WHEREAS, Parents are daily caretakers and lifelong role
6 models who guide us and share the values and lessons that enable
7 us to grow and flourish; and
8 WHEREAS, Our nation has always depended on strong families
9 and we must continue to do all we can to help hardworking men
10 and women shoulder the duties of parenthood; and
11 WHEREAS, It is vital to support today's parents, to honor
1 those who have taught us so much and to impress upon young
2 people the awesome responsibility of parenthood; and
3 WHEREAS, It is appropriate to celebrate the special, enduring
4 bond between parents and children, including foster parents and
5 stepparents and biological and adoptive mothers and fathers, all
6 of whom deserve our respect and gratitude; and
7 WHEREAS, On October 14, 1994, the President of the United
8 States approved Joint Resolution 398, which passed unanimously
9 in the Congress of the United States and which established the
10 fourth Sunday in July of each year as "Parents' Day" to be
11 recognized as a recurring, perennial day of commemoration in the
12 United States; and
13 WHEREAS, Since that date, many national and state leaders
14 have commemorated the fourth Sunday in July as "Parents' Day";
15 therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate July
17 22, 2001, as "Parents' Day" in Pennsylvania.
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