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2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 212
BY REPRESENTATIVE MORENO AND SENATOR THOMPSON
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend Susan G. Komen for the Cure and its Louisiana affiliates for improving the
quality of life in local communities through the delivery of breast cancer education,
screening, treatment, and research, and to designate Thursday, June 4, 2015, as
Komen for the Cure Day at the legislature.
WHEREAS, Susan G. Komen for the Cure is the only organization that addresses
breast cancer on multiple fronts such as research, community health, global outreach, and
public policy initiatives; it is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer
survivors and advocates fighting together to save lives, empower people, ensure quality of
care for all, and energize science to find breast cancer cures; and
WHEREAS, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women
worldwide and the second-most commonly diagnosed cancer overall; and
WHEREAS, since 1999, Susan G. Komen's Community Grants program has invested
more than $2.7 million locally; and
WHEREAS, Susan G. Komen for the Cure and its Louisiana affiliates honor their
mission to save lives and end breast cancer forever by advocating to preserve full state
funding and matching federal funding to the Louisiana Breast and Cervical Health Program;
full funding of the Louisiana Breast and Cervical Health Program will ensure that the
program continues to provide breast cancer early detection services to women in the state;
and
WHEREAS, Susan G. Komen for the Cure continues its mission locally, nationally,
and globally to identify the cures that will end breast cancer as a life-threatening disease and
to provide community-based support to the women and men who are fighting breast cancer
today, including those in the state of Louisiana.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend Susan G. Komen for the Cure and its Louisiana affiliates for their unwavering
dedication to fight against breast cancer and does hereby designate Thursday, June 4, 2015,
as Susan G. Komen for the Cure Day at the legislature.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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