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Council of the City of Philadelphia
Office of the Chief Clerk
Room 402, City Hall
Philadelphia
(Resolution No. 070180)
RESOLUTION
Authorizing City Council's Committee on the Disabled and the
Handicapped to hold
hearings to investigate and determine how many disabled and/ or
handicapped veterans,
especially Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans, are living in the
Delaware Valley, and
Philadelphia in particular; to identify and determine how best to
assist these veterans in
the receipt of needed medical and/or rehabilitative care; and to
further determine ways
that we can help the disabled war veteran get back into the mainstream
of society; and
determine whether or not these disabled veterans would seek to have
the Delaware Valley
certified by the United States Congress as a Regional Rehabilitation
Hub with a
rehabilitation medical facility in the Delaware Valley as a means to
facilitate the rapid
recovery of our service disabled veterans.
WHEREAS, The number of returning disabled veterans of the Iraq and
Afghanistan War has been grossly underestimated by the Bush
Administration; and
WHEREAS, Walter Reed Army Medical Center has failed to live up to its
mission of service to the many displaced veterans, especially disabled
veterans, from
around the Country, including the Delaware Valley; and
WHEREAS, The rehabilitative and medical needs of the disabled veterans
must
be addressed by skilled and competent rehabilitation experts; and
WHEREAS, There are more than 91,018 Pennsylvania veterans, alone, who
receive full or partial medical compensation due to military service;
and
WHEREAS, More than 125,360 veterans receive disability compensation
from
the Veterans Administration just in Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, The road to recovery is often very long and arduous requiring
our
young men and women to be away from their families, friends, and other
support people
for periods of time often exceeding one year; and
WHEREAS, Rehabilitation can be hastened by the presence of family,
friends and
other support people; and
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WHEREAS, The re-introduction of our disabled war veterans into the
mainstream
of society is critical to the well being of our Region and
Philadelphia specially; now
therefore
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That
Council hereby authorizes City Council's Committee on the Disabled and
Handicapped to
hold hearings to investigate and determine how many disabled and/ or
handicapped
veterans, especially Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans, are living in
the Delaware
Valley, and Philadelphia in particular; to identify and determine how
best to assist these
veterans in the receipt of needed medical and/or rehabilitative care;
and to further
determine ways that we can help the disabled war veteran get back into
the mainstream of
society; and determine whether or not these disabled veterans would
seek to have the
Delaware Valley certified by the United States Congress as a Regional
Rehabilitation
Hub with a rehabilitation medical facility in the Delaware Valley as a
means to facilitate
the rapid recovery of our service disabled veterans.
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CERTIFICATION: This is a true and correct copy of the original
Resolution,
Adopted by the Council of the City of Philadelphia on the eighth of
March, 2007.
Anna C. Verna
PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
Patricia Rafferty
CHIEF CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
Introduced by: Councilmember Campbell
Sponsored by: Councilmembers Campbell, DiCicco, Greenlee, Goode,
Kenney, Blackwell, Council President Verna, Councilmembers
Tasco, Miller, Savage, Clarke, Ramos, Krajewski, Kelly,
O'Neill, Reynolds Brown and Rizzo