Bill Text: IA HR128 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution urging Congress and the President of the United States to protect Iowa's Air National Guard units from additional budget cuts.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 50-26)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-13 - Resolution filed, laid over under Rule 25. H.J. 562. [HR128 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HR128-Introduced.html
House
Resolution
128
-
Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
128
BY
J.
TAYLOR
,
THOMAS
,
WITTNEBEN
,
KEARNS
,
THEDE
,
WOLFE
,
JACOBY
,
BERRY
,
H.
MILLER
,
LYKAM
,
COHOON
,
M.
SMITH
,
HEDDENS
,
KRESSIG
,
GASKILL
,
KAJTAZOVIC
,
HANSON
,
HALL
,
T.
OLSON
,
WENTHE
,
OLDSON
,
PETERSEN
,
MURPHY
,
HUNTER
,
R.
OLSON
,
STECKMAN
,
HAGER
,
PAULSEN
,
FRY
,
BALTIMORE
,
PETTENGILL
,
WINCKLER
,
FORRISTALL
,
KLEIN
,
PAUSTIAN
,
MASSIE
,
SODERBERG
,
SANDS
,
HEATON
,
DRAKE
,
GARRETT
,
BRANDENBURG
,
RAYHONS
,
BAUDLER
,
WATTS
,
HUSEMAN
,
LOFGREN
,
ALONS
,
CHAMBERS
,
DE
BOEF
,
TJEPKES
,
UPMEYER
,
SCHULTE
,
KOESTER
,
SCHULTZ
,
ROGERS
,
HAGENOW
,
PEARSON
,
SHAW
,
J.
SMITH
,
COWNIE
,
BYRNES
,
GRASSLEY
,
LUKAN
,
S.
OLSON
,
MOORE
,
JORGENSEN
,
SWEENEY
,
DOLECHECK
,
IVERSON
,
WINDSCHITL
,
WORTHAN
,
HANUSA
,
RASMUSSEN
,
VAN
ENGELENHOVEN
,
and
ARNOLD
A
Resolution
urging
Congress
and
the
President
of
the
1
United
States
to
protect
Iowa’s
Air
National
Guard
2
units
from
additional
budget
cuts.
3
WHEREAS,
state
militias,
now
known
as
the
national
4
guard,
have
been
a
bulwark
of
this
nation’s
military
5
defense
system
since
1776;
and
6
WHEREAS,
since
1941,
the
Iowa
Air
National
Guard
has
7
been
an
integral
part
of
our
nation’s
defense
and
our
8
state’s
emergency
response
system;
and
9
WHEREAS,
defense
budget
cuts
ranging
from
$450
10
billion
up
to
$1
trillion
over
the
next
decade
will
11
force
each
branch
of
the
military
service
to
reexamine
12
its
balance
of
forces
in
the
active
duty,
guard,
and
13
reserve
branches;
and
14
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WHEREAS,
the
United
States
Air
Force
has
announced
15
it
wants
to
remove
21
F-16
fighter
jets
of
the
132nd
16
Fighter
Wing
from
the
Des
Moines
Air
National
Guard
17
base
to
meet
these
budget
cuts,
eliminating
over
500
18
Iowa
jobs;
and
19
WHEREAS,
over
the
last
68
years,
the
132nd
Fighter
20
Wing
has
participated
in
numerous
actions
including
21
World
War
II,
the
Korean
Conflict,
and
many
of
the
22
support
functions
of
Desert
Shield/Desert
Storm,
23
Enduring
Freedom,
and
Iraqi
Freedom;
and
1
WHEREAS,
the
132nd
Fighter
Wing
has
received
2
numerous
awards,
including
eight
Air
Force
Outstanding
3
Unit
Awards,
and
has
participated
in
exercises
and
4
deployments
worldwide;
NOW
THEREFORE,
5
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
That
6
the
House
of
Representatives
urges
the
President
of
7
the
United
States,
the
United
States
Congress,
and
the
8
United
States
Secretary
of
Defense,
to
protect
the
Iowa
9
Air
National
Guard
from
any
future
reductions
or
other
10
budget
cuts;
and
11
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
an
official
copy
of
12
this
resolution
be
transmitted
to
the
President
of
the
13
United
States,
the
United
States
Secretary
of
Defense,
14
and
to
members
of
the
Iowa
congressional
delegation.
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