Bill Text: TX SCR22 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Urging Congress to recognize the importance of trade between Texas and Mexico.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-27 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SCR22 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SCR22-Introduced.html
  85R9086 RMA-D
 
  By: Lucio S.C.R. No. 22
 
 
 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
         WHEREAS, Trade between Texas and Mexico plays a vital role in
  the economic prosperity of the Lone Star State; and
         WHEREAS, Each year, Texas sends about 36 percent of the
  state's total exports to Mexico, and in 2015, exports to Mexico
  totaled nearly $92.5 million; goods exported to Mexico include
  computer and electronic products, petroleum and coal products,
  chemicals, machinery, and transportation equipment, all of which
  are produced by industries that supply hundreds of thousands of
  jobs to the Lone Star State; and
         WHEREAS, Since the ratification of the North American Free
  Trade Agreement in 1994, the export of U.S. goods to Mexico has
  risen 325 percent, while imports into the United States from Mexico
  have increased 458 percent; in 2012, Americans spent $277.5 billion
  for goods from Mexico, and Mexico is America's third-largest
  supplier of oil, after Canada and Saudi Arabia; additionally,
  nearly half of the tomatoes and two-thirds of the mangoes consumed
  in the United States come from Mexico; and
         WHEREAS, The importance of this trade to Texas border cities,
  including Brownsville, Hidalgo, Laredo, and El Paso, is tremendous,
  and disruption to international commerce would be economically
  devastating; by placing a priority on working with the natural
  landscape of the area and building barriers such as levees, the
  federal government could preserve the immeasurable benefits of the
  healthy trade environment while protecting the border; and
         WHEREAS, Mexico is the largest trading partner of Texas and
  the third-largest of the United States, and it is imperative that
  our federal government take proactive steps to strengthen ties with
  Mexico and build bridges of economic opportunity that will benefit
  Texas and the entire nation; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas
  hereby urge the United States Congress to recognize the importance
  of trade between Texas and Mexico and foster international
  commerce; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That Congress and federal agencies focus border
  efforts on working within the natural landscape of the region
  instead of obstructing trade with a border wall; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
  copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
  the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
  Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
  members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
  this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
  memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
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