Senate Resolution 179 PAG LIN 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