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| 2025 -- H 6375 Enacted 05/29/2025 |
| H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
| RECOGNIZING MAY 30, 2025, AS "WORLD MS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
Introduced By: Representatives Alzate, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale, Kennedy, Ajello, Diaz, Tanzi, Cortvriend, and Fellela |
| Date Introduced: May 29, 2025 |
| WHEREAS, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease of the central nervous |
| system, affecting 2.9 million people worldwide, approximately one million people in the United |
| States and 2,319 adults in the State of Rhode Island; and |
| WHEREAS, According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the disease generally |
| strikes people in the prime of life, between the ages of 20 through 50. The cause and course of the |
| often debilitating symptoms of MS remain unknown and no cure currently exists; and |
| WHEREAS, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has been committed for 79 years to |
| a world free of MS, heightening public knowledge about and insight into the disease; and |
| WHEREAS, Since 1946, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has been a driving force |
| of MS research, relentlessly pursuing prevention, treatments and a cure, and has invested more |
| than $1 billion in groundbreaking research; and |
| WHEREAS, Funds raised through the National Multiple Sclerosis Society fuel $50.2 |
| million dollars of funding for more than 380 research projects at the best medical centers, |
| universities and other institutions throughout the United States and abroad, leading to many |
| breakthroughs in the treatment of MS; and |
| WHEREAS, Stopping MS in its tracks, restoring what has been lost, and ending MS |
| forever is the mission of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and one that all Americans and |
| Rhode Islanders should support; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
| recognizes the importance of finding the cause and cure of MS and expresses its appreciation for |
| the dedication that the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has shown toward creating a world |
| free of MS; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That this House hereby recognizes May 30, 2025, as “World MS Day” in |
| the State of Rhode Island; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
| transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Peter Porrino, Chairman of the Board, |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society. |
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