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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY McKIBBEN
1 3 A Resolution designating May 2004 as Huntington's
1 4 Disease Awareness Month.
1 5 WHEREAS, our nation has had a long-standing
1 6 commitment to the development of techniques and
1 7 methods of conquering disease; and
1 8 WHEREAS, Huntington's Disease is a devastating,
1 9 degenerative brain disorder which afflicts many
1 10 citizens of this country in a relentless and, at
1 11 present, incurable way; and
1 12 WHEREAS, the existence of this dreaded disease
1 13 presents a challenge to the love and humanitarianism
1 14 of the American people; and
1 15 WHEREAS, since the discovery of the genetic basis
1 16 for the disease in 1993, the pace of research into the
1 17 cause and nature of the disease has increased
1 18 dramatically; and
1 19 WHEREAS, the Huntington's Disease Society of
1 20 America, Inc. has supported this research, bringing
1 21 new hope to those who bear the burden of this tragic
1 22 affliction; NOW THEREFORE,
1 23 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
1 24 designates the month of May as Huntington's Disease
1 25 Awareness Month in Iowa, and urges the citizens of
1 26 this state to lend their support to efforts to control
1 27 this disease so that the suffering it induces may be
1 28 eliminated.
1 29 LSB 7134SS 80
1 30 rn/gg/14
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