Senate Resolution 46 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2                      BY  COURTNEY
  1  3 A Resolution designating May 2007 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 2007, as Huntington's
  1 25 Disease Awareness Month in Iowa, and urges the
  1 26 citizens of this state to lend their support to
  1 27 efforts to control this disease so that the suffering
  1 28 it induces may be eliminated.
  1 29 LSB 2874SS 82
  1 30 rn:nh/es/88