PRINTER'S NO. 2036
No. 227 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY PIPPY, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, BEBKO-JONES, BUXTON,
CAPPELLI, CAPPABIANCA, L. I. COHEN, DALEY, DeWEESE, J. EVANS,
FICHTER, GEIST, GEORGE, HENNESSEY, HUTCHINSON, JAMES,
JOSEPHS, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LESCOVITZ, MANN, MARKOSEK,
McILHATTAN, NAILOR, PETRARCA, READSHAW, ROSS, SHANER,
SOLOBAY, STABACK, E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE, WOJNAROSKI, CLARK,
HARHART, MAJOR, BARRAR, LEWIS, MANDERINO, TRELLO, WILT,
WALKO, HESS, YOUNGBLOOD AND SAINATO, MAY 23, 2001
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 23, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the month of May 2001 as "Good Chemistry Month" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, The business of chemistry is a significant
4 contributor to the economy of this Commonwealth, employing
5 71,000 people; and
6 WHEREAS, The business of chemistry in this Commonwealth
7 exports $3.9 billion in products annually; and
8 WHEREAS, The value of industry production by the business of
9 chemistry in this Commonwealth is $19.3 billion; and
10 WHEREAS, The business of chemistry in this Commonwealth
11 offers family-sustaining jobs averaging $66,899; and
12 WHEREAS, The business of chemistry in this Commonwealth
13 provides support to numerous endowments, foundations and
14 scholarship organizations throughout this Commonwealth; and
1 WHEREAS, The business of chemistry is a leader in safety with
2 a safety performance record 4.5 times above the average of all
3 other United States manufacturing industries combined; and
4 WHEREAS, The business of chemistry in this nation's largest
5 investor in private sector funding of research and development
6 initiatives and chemistry industry scientists and researchers
7 account for one in seven patents filed in the United States
8 every year; and
9 WHEREAS, The business of chemistry in this Commonwealth has
10 reduced core toxic reduction inventory emissions by 68% since
11 1988; and
12 WHEREAS, The evolving science of chemistry enhances our
13 everyday quality of life by providing potable water, medicines,
14 clothing, housing and transportation; therefore be it
15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representative designate the
16 month of May 2001 as "Good Chemistry Month" in Pennsylvania.
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