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 Michi-
gan, 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. FRELING-
HUYSEN, 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 im-
prove access to oral health care services for all Ameri-
cans, and emphasizing the benefits of prevention of dis-
ease through support of community prevention initiatives 
and promotion of good oral hygiene. 
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•HRES 204 IH 
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 commu-
nity prevention initiatives and promotion of good oral hy-
giene; 
Whereas the American Dental Association continually works 
to improve dental technologies and therapies through re-
search 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 under-
served populations annually; and 
Whereas the American Dental Association advocates suffi-
cient funding for Federal dental research and military 
readiness programs: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) congratulates the American Dental Associa-
tion for its 150th anniversary; 
(2) commends the American Dental Associa-
tion’s work to improve the public’s oral health as 
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•HRES 204 IH 
well as access to oral health care for all Americans, 
especially low-income children; 
(3) recognizes the tens of thousands of dentists 
who volunteer their time and resources to provide 
charitable and uncompensated oral health care to 
millions of Americans; and 
(4) commends the American Dental Associa-
tion’s efforts to keep American dentistry the best in 
the world. 
Æ 
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