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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease | ||||||
| 3 | of the central nervous system that affects nearly one million | ||||||
| 4 | people in the United States alone; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Multiple sclerosis generally strikes people in | ||||||
| 6 | the prime of life, between ages 20 through 50, and the cause | ||||||
| 7 | and course of the often debilitating symptoms of MS remain | ||||||
| 8 | unknown; no cure currently exists; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is | ||||||
| 10 | committed to a world free of MS and heightening public | ||||||
| 11 | knowledge about and insight into the disease; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has | ||||||
| 13 | worked to transform what it means to live with MS and has | ||||||
| 14 | provided global leadership to help achieve a vision of a world | ||||||
| 15 | free of MS; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Since 1946, the National Multiple Sclerosis | ||||||
| 17 | Society has been a driving force of MS research by | ||||||
| 18 | relentlessly pursuing prevention, treatments, and a cure, | ||||||
| 19 | investing 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 | are invested 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, a mission that all Americans and | ||||||
| 9 | Illinoisans should support; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare the month of | ||||||
| 12 | March 2023 as MS Awareness Month in the State of Illinois and | ||||||
| 13 | recognize the importance of finding the cause and cure of MS; | ||||||
| 14 | and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That we encourage all Illinoisans to learn more | ||||||
| 16 | about multiple sclerosis and what they can do to support | ||||||
| 17 | individuals with MS and their families; and be it further | ||||||
| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society-Greater | ||||||
| 20 | Illinois Chapter in appreciation for their dedication to | ||||||
| 21 | creating a world free of MS.
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