IV 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 204 

Congratulating the American Dental Association for its 150th year of working 

to improve the public’s oral health and promoting dentistry, supporting 

initiatives to improve access to oral health care services for all Americans, 

and emphasizing the benefits of prevention of disease through support 

of community prevention initiatives and promotion of good oral hygiene. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 3, 2009 

Mr. SIMPSON (for himself, Mr. ROSS, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. HASTINGS

of Washington, Mr. TERRY, Mr. KIRK, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. NUNES, 

Mr. BUYER, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, 

Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. 

BOEHNER, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. GOODLATTE, 

Mr. MCCARTHY of California, Mr. PENCE, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. BARROW, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. LARSEN of 

Washington, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. AKIN, Mr. SESTAK, 

Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. SKELTON, and Mr. LANCE) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the American Dental Association for its 

150th year of working to improve the public’s oral health 

and promoting dentistry, supporting initiatives to improve access to oral health care services for all Americans, and emphasizing the benefits of prevention of disease through support of community prevention initiatives 

and promotion of good oral hygiene. 


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Whereas access to good oral health care is a vital element of 

overall health; 

Whereas the American Dental Association works to improve 

access to oral health care services that are essential to 

help ensure the health of the American public; 

Whereas the American Dental Association supports community prevention initiatives and promotion of good oral hygiene; 

Whereas the American Dental Association continually works 

to improve dental technologies and therapies through research and adherence to sound scientific principles; 

Whereas ‘‘The Journal of the American Dental Association’’ 

is recognized internationally as a leader in peer-reviewed 

dental science; 

Whereas the American Dental Association encourages its 

membership of more than 157,000 dentists to donate 

their time, resources, and services to providing charitable 

and uncompensated care; 

Whereas dental practices provide over $2,000,000,000 in 

charitable and uncompensated care to specific underserved populations annually; and 

Whereas the American Dental Association advocates sufficient funding for Federal dental research and military 

readiness programs: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) congratulates the American Dental Associa3 tion for its 150th anniversary; 

4 (2) commends the American Dental Associa5 tion’s work to improve the public’s oral health as 


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1 well as access to oral health care for all Americans, 

2 especially low-income children; 

3 (3) recognizes the tens of thousands of dentists 

4 who volunteer their time and resources to provide 

5 charitable and uncompensated oral health care to 

6 millions of Americans; and 

7 (4) commends the American Dental Associa8 tion’s efforts to keep American dentistry the best in 

9 the world. 

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