H.R. No. 120R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, Pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer, Inc., is celebrating its 154th anniversary in 2003, and this milestone is indeed worthy of special recognition; and WHEREAS, A global leader in the production of prescription medications and consumer products, Pfizer, Inc., is dedicated to discovering and developing new medicines and working in partnership to make them available to people around the world; and WHEREAS, Pfizer, Inc., leads the pharmaceutical industry in annual research and development investment, dedicating $5.2 billion to that pursuit in 2002; the company is currently researching 20 different therapeutic classes, including cancer, cardiovascular, diabetes, obesity, urology, and antivirals; and WHEREAS, Pfizer, Inc., has been recognized as the largest corporate donor in the United States by The Chronicle of Philanthropy; in the past year alone the company donated more than $450 million in medications to indigent and uninsured Americans; in addition, the company was recently named Company of the Year by Forbes magazine, which has also recognized it as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work for in America"; and WHEREAS, Pfizer's Living Share Card program enables qualified, low-income Medicare beneficiaries to receive most Pfizer medications for a flat fee, and the company's employees in Texas donated more than $359,000 to nonprofit organizations in 2002, and an additional $332,000 was donated through the United Way to Texas community organizations; and WHEREAS, Through its myriad contributions, Pfizer, Inc., has significantly improved the quality of life for many citizens of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature hereby honor Pfizer, Inc., on its 154th anniversary and extend best wishes to Pfizer employees in Texas. Truitt Craddick Giddings Merritt Allen Goodman Miller Alonzo Goolsby Moreno of Harris Bailey Griggs Moreno of El Paso Baxter Grusendorf Morrison Berman Guillen Mowery Bohac Gutierrez Naishtat Bonnen Haggerty Nixon Branch Hamilton Noriega Brown of Kaufman Hamric Oliveira Brown of Brazos Hardcastle Olivo Burnam Harper-Brown Paxton Callegari Hartnett Pena Campbell Heflin Phillips Canales Hegar Pickett Capelo Hilderbran Pitts Casteel Hill Puente Castro Hochberg Quintanilla Chavez Hodge Rangel Chisum Homer Raymond Christian Hope Reyna Coleman Hopson Riddle Cook of Navarro Howard Ritter Cook of Colorado Hughes Rodriguez Corte Hunter Rose Crabb Hupp Seaman Crownover Isett Smith of Tarrant Davis of Harris Jones of Lubbock Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Jones of Bexar Smithee Dawson Jones of Dallas Solis Delisi Keel Solomons Denny Keffer of Dallas Stick Deshotel Keffer of Eastland Swinford Driver King Talton Dukes Kolkhorst Taylor Dunnam Krusee Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Laney Truitt Eiland Laubenberg Turner Eissler Lewis Uresti Elkins Luna Van Arsdale Ellis Mabry Villarreal Farabee Madden West Farrar Marchant Wilson Flores Martinez Fischer Wise Flynn McCall Wohlgemuth Gallego McClendon Wolens Garza McReynolds Wong Gattis Menendez Woolley Geren Mercer Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 120 was adopted by the House on February 5, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House