PRINTER'S NO. 3398
No. 427 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY HERSHEY, BARLEY, E. Z. TAYLOR, ADOLPH, ARGALL,
ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BARD, BARRAR, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI,
BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BOSCOLA, BROWNE, CALTAGIRONE,
CAPPABIANCA, CIVERA, CLARK, CLYMER, L. I. COHEN, COLAFELLA,
COY, CURRY, DALEY, DeLUCA, DEMPSEY, DENT, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI,
EGOLF, FAIRCHILD, FARGO, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, GEIST, GEORGE,
GIGLIOTTI, GODSHALL, HALUSKA, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HERMAN,
HESS, HORSEY, ITKIN, JAMES, JOSEPHS, KENNEY, KIRKLAND,
LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LEH, LESCOVITZ, MAITLAND, MAJOR,
MANDERINO, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, MASLAND, McCALL, McGILL,
McNAUGHTON, MELIO, MICOZZIE, MILLER, NAILOR, ORIE, PESCI,
PIPPY, PISTELLA, PRESTON, RAMOS, RAYMOND, READSHAW, ROBERTS,
ROHRER, ROONEY, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SATHER,
SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SCHULER, SCRIMENTI, SEMMEL, SERAFINI,
SEYFERT, SHANER, B. SMITH, STABACK, STERN, STEVENSON,
TANGRETTI, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO, TRELLO, TRUE, VANCE,
WALKO, WASHINGTON, WAUGH, C. WILLIAMS, WILT, WOJNAROSKI,
M. N. WRIGHT, YOUNGBLOOD, ZIMMERMAN AND ZUG, APRIL 21, 1998
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 21, 1998
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring June 1998 as "Leukemia Awareness Month" in
2 Pennsylvania and urging all citizens of this Commonwealth to
3 join in its observance.
4 WHEREAS, In 1998 more than 145,000 Americans will be stricken
5 with leukemia or one of its related diseases of lymphoma,
6 Hodgkin's disease and multiple myeloma; and
7 WHEREAS, Four in every 100,000 children in the United States
8 between the ages of two and ten years will be diagnosed with
9 leukemia in 1998 and more children die from this disease than
10 any other; and
1 WHEREAS, Leukemia strikes ten times as many adults as
2 children and is the leading fatal malignant disease in men and
3 women under 35 years of age; and
4 WHEREAS, The overall survival rate for leukemia has doubled
5 in the last 20 years and the effectiveness of recently developed
6 treatment methods and steady advances in research bring us
7 closer to finding the probable causes and cures for leukemia and
8 related cancers; and
9 WHEREAS, The Leukemia Society of America, a voluntary health
10 organization, depends solely on the voluntary contributions of
11 time and money by concerned businesses, groups and individuals;
12 and
13 WHEREAS, A primary goal of the Leukemia Society of America is
14 to promote increased Federal and State funding of biomedical
15 research; and
16 WHEREAS, Finding the causes and eventual cures for these
17 tragic diseases relies on continued funding and research; and
18 WHEREAS, Past biomedical research is responsible for the most
19 common form of childhood leukemia to be considered a potentially
20 curable disease; and
21 WHEREAS, The Leukemia Society of America, together with
22 regional and local chapters, is dedicated to improving the
23 quality of life of patients and their families and provides
24 annual financial assistance to more than 6,000 patients with
25 leukemia and other related cancers for expenditures not met by
26 other sources; and
27 WHEREAS, The Leukemia Society of America is undertaking a
28 nationwide campaign to find a cure by 2000; therefore be it
29 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare the month
30 of June 1998 as "Leukemia Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
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