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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease | ||||||
| 3 | of the central nervous system, affecting nearly one million | ||||||
| 4 | people in the United States alone; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, MS generally strikes people in the prime of life, | ||||||
| 6 | between ages 20 through 50; the cause and course of the often | ||||||
| 7 | debilitating symptoms of MS remain unknown, and no cure | ||||||
| 8 | currently exists; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is | ||||||
| 10 | committed to a world free of MS and is working to heighten | ||||||
| 11 | public knowledge about and insight into the disease; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has | ||||||
| 13 | transformed what it means to live with MS and has provided | ||||||
| 14 | global leadership to help achieve its vision of a world free of | ||||||
| 15 | MS; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Since 1946, the National Multiple Sclerosis | ||||||
| 17 | Society has been a driving force of MS research, relentlessly | ||||||
| 18 | pursuing prevention, treatments, and a cure, and has invested | ||||||
| 19 | more than $1 billion in groundbreaking research; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Funds raised through the National Multiple | ||||||
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| 1 | Sclerosis Society fuel research on pathways to MS cures and | ||||||
| 2 | invest in the MS research workforce at the best medical | ||||||
| 3 | centers, universities, and other institutions throughout the | ||||||
| 4 | U.S. and abroad, leading to many breakthroughs in the | ||||||
| 5 | treatment of MS; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The mission of the National Multiple Sclerosis | ||||||
| 7 | Society is to cure MS while empowering people affected by MS to | ||||||
| 8 | live their best lives and is an effort that all Americans and | ||||||
| 9 | Illinoisans should support; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 11 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 12 | we declare March 10-16, 2024 as "MS Awareness Week" in the | ||||||
| 13 | State of Illinois and encourage all Illinoisans to learn more | ||||||
| 14 | about multiple sclerosis and what they can do to support | ||||||
| 15 | individuals with MS and their families; and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That we recognize the importance of finding the | ||||||
| 17 | cause and cure of MS and express our appreciation for the | ||||||
| 18 | dedication that the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has | ||||||
| 19 | shown toward creating a world free of MS; and be it further
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