H.R. No. 120
R 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
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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.
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Chief Clerk of the House