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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY HARHAI, HENNESSEY, BELFANTI, FLECK, GEORGE, GRUCELA, HELM, HORNAMAN, KULA, LONGIETTI, McCALL, MOUL, MUNDY, MUSTIO, PALLONE, PYLE, READSHAW, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, VULAKOVICH, YOUNGBLOOD, MANN, SCAVELLO, WALKO, PHILLIPS, MARKOSEK, KORTZ AND MARSHALL, FEBRUARY 3, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 3, 2009 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Urging the President of the United States and the Congress of |
2 | the United States to ensure the incorporation of Federal and |
3 | State Buy American and Domestic Content clauses in any |
4 | publicly funded economic stimulus programs to maintain and |
5 | expand our nation's aging infrastructure, particularly in |
6 | Pennsylvania where manufacturing is a key driver to the |
7 | Commonwealth's economy. |
8 | WHEREAS, The United States is confronted with the most |
9 | serious economic downturn in decades, triggering increased |
10 | unemployment and accompanying painful economic hardship for |
11 | American companies, their workers and families, including |
12 | working families in Pennsylvania where the unemployment rate |
13 | continues to escalate; and |
14 | WHEREAS, Leaders of the National Governors Association (NGA), |
15 | the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and |
16 | numerous other national and state organizations have called on |
17 | the new administration and Congress to take immediate action to |
18 | reverse the economic crisis; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, Congress intends to enact taxpayer-funded economic |
2 | recovery legislation for the President's signature as soon as |
3 | possible; and |
4 | WHEREAS, The economic recovery legislation is expected to |
5 | invest billions of taxpayer dollars through state block grants |
6 | and other funding mechanisms to initiate significant job |
7 | creation through massive public works investments by rebuilding |
8 | our nation's aging infrastructure, including roads and |
9 | accompanying guardrails, utility poles, rest areas, maintenance |
10 | buildings, highway bridges, energy pipelines, rail and air |
11 | transportation networks, electrical grid expansion, water and |
12 | sewerage improvements, environmentally friendly nonresidential |
13 | renovation, and new construction of state-of-the-art schools and |
14 | hospitals, as well as other vital infrastructure needs; and |
15 | WHEREAS, Modernizing and upgrading Pennsylvania's Statewide |
16 | infrastructure will improve the overall quality of life for all |
17 | Pennsylvania families, create significant new job opportunities |
18 | and economic growth, and help revitalize and promote the |
19 | Commonwealth's critically important manufacturing sector; and |
20 | WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's vital manufacturing industries are |
21 | huge consumers of goods and services, including health care, |
22 | education and training, electricity, natural gas and alternative |
23 | fuels, as well as advanced technologies to enhance |
24 | competitiveness and environmental quality; therefore be it |
25 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the |
26 | significant opportunities for economic growth in the |
27 | Commonwealth and urge the President of the United States and |
28 | members of the Congress of the United States to work |
29 | cooperatively to ensure that businesses located in the United |
30 | States, and domestic employees, be the primary beneficiaries of |
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1 | economic-relief legislation by incorporating Federal and State |
2 | Buy American and Domestic Content requirements in any taxpayer- |
3 | funded economic recovery legislation; and be it further |
4 | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to |
5 | the President of the United States, the presiding officers of |
6 | each house of Congress and to each member of the Pennsylvania |
7 | Congressional Delegation. |
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