HR 31 — A Resolution recognizing the week of March 9 through 15, 2025, as "Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.

PRINTER'S NO.   338

                    THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



           HOUSE RESOLUTION
              No. 31
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, VENKAT, D. MILLER, STEELE, DEASY, SANCHEZ,
        HARKINS, McNEILL, MALAGARI, KENYATTA, GIRAL, BURGOS, DONAHUE,
        NEILSON, HILL-EVANS, GALLAGHER, SCHLOSSBERG, GREEN, MADDEN,
        CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, CERRATO, PICKETT, BERNSTINE, COOK, REICHARD
        AND HEFFLEY, JANUARY 28, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JANUARY 28, 2025


                                A RESOLUTION
 1   Recognizing the week of March 9 through 15, 2025, as "Multiple
 2      Sclerosis Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
 3      WHEREAS, Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease of the
 4   central nervous system affecting an estimated 2.3 million
 5   people; and
 6      WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania chapters of the National Multiple
 7   Sclerosis Society report that in this Commonwealth more than
 8   24,000 people are affected by multiple sclerosis; and
 9      WHEREAS, Multiple sclerosis generally strikes young adults 20
10   to 50 years of age, attacking them in the prime of their lives,
11   and the cause and a cure remain unknown; and
12      WHEREAS, For 79 years, the National Multiple Sclerosis
13   Society has been committed to a world free of multiple sclerosis
14   and to heightening public knowledge and insight about the
15   disease; and
16      WHEREAS, Since 1946, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
 1   has been a driving force of multiple sclerosis research,
 2   relentlessly pursuing prevention, treatments and a cure by
 3   investing more than $1 billion in groundbreaking research; and
 4        WHEREAS, Funds raised by the National Multiple Sclerosis
 5   Society provide more than $34 million in funding for more than
 6   320 research projects at the best medical centers, universities
 7   and other institutions throughout the United States and abroad,
 8   which has led to many breakthroughs in the treatment of multiple
 9   sclerosis; and
10        WHEREAS, Stopping multiple sclerosis in its tracks, restoring
11   what has been lost and ending multiple sclerosis forever is the
12   mission of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and one that
13   all Americans and Pennsylvanians should support; and
14        WHEREAS, The Commonwealth recognizes the importance of
15   finding the cause and cure of multiple sclerosis and expresses
16   its appreciation for the dedication that the Pennsylvania
17   chapters of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society have shown
18   toward creating a world free of multiple sclerosis; therefore be
19   it
20        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
21   week of March 9 through 15, 2025, as "Multiple Sclerosis
22   Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania; and be it further
23        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives encourage the
24   residents of this Commonwealth to join in the fight to end this
25   devastating disease.




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