2020 -- H 7983 | |
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LC004587 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF MARCH 8TH TO MARCH 14TH OF 2020, TO BE | |
"MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AWARENESS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Solomon, Johnston, Casey, Blazejewski, and Shekarchi | |
Date Introduced: March 10, 2020 | |
Referred To: House read and passed | |
1 | WHEREAS, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease of the central nervous |
2 | system, affecting nearly one million people in the United States alone; and |
3 | WHEREAS, Multiple Sclerosis generally strikes people in the prime of life, between ages |
4 | 20 through 50, and the cause and course of the often debilitating symptoms of MS remain |
5 | unknown and no cure currently exists; and |
6 | WHEREAS, For 74 years, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has been committed to |
7 | a world free of MS and heightening public knowledge about and insight into the disease; and |
8 | WHEREAS, Since 1946, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has been a driving force |
9 | for MS research, relentlessly pursuing prevention, treatments and a cure, and has invested more |
10 | than $1 billion in groundbreaking research; and |
11 | WHEREAS, Funds raised through the National Multiple Sclerosis Society fuel $38.7 |
12 | million of investments in 123 new research projects at the best medical centers, universities, and |
13 | other institutions throughout the United States and abroad, leading to many breakthroughs in the |
14 | treatment of MS; and |
15 | WHEREAS, Stopping MS in its tracks, restoring what has been lost, and ending MS |
16 | forever is the mission of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and one that all Americans and |
17 | Rhode Islanders should support; now, therefore be it |
18 | RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
19 | Providence Plantations hereby proclaims the Week of March 8th to March 14th of 2020, to be |
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1 | "Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week" in the State of Rhode Island; and be it further |
2 | RESOLVED, That this House hereby recognizes the importance of finding the cause and |
3 | cure of MS and expresses its appreciation for the dedication that the National Multiple Sclerosis |
4 | Society has shown toward creating a world free of MS; and be it further |
5 | RESOLVED, That this House hereby commends this observance to all Rhode Islanders |
6 | to learn more about multiple sclerosis and what they can do to support individuals with MS and |
7 | their families; and be it further |
8 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
9 | transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Mr. Peter Galligan, Chairman of the Board, |
10 | National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and Ms. Kathy Mechnig, Chapter President, Rhode Island |
11 | Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society. |
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