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HR 97 - Federal budget; military funds; redistribute to states

Hegstrom, June (66th)	Mobley, Barbara J (69th)	Orrock, Nan (56th)
Stanley, Lanett (50th)	Stanley, Pamela A (49th)	Buckner, Gail M (95th)

Status Summary	HC:	App	SC:		FR:	01/27/99	LA:	01/28/99	H - Read 2nd Time

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A RESOLUTION relative to an increased distribution of federal moneys out of the military budget to the several states sufficient to meet increased domestic needs; and for other purposes.

HR 97                                              LC 27 0758 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Relative to an increased distribution of federal moneys out 
  1- 2  of the military budget to the several states sufficient to 
  1- 3  meet increased domestic needs; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 4  WHEREAS, although the State of Georgia believes that the 
  1- 5  United States should retain its position as the strongest 
  1- 6  military nation in the world, the State of Georgia also 
  1- 7  believes that the security of our nation is dependent 
  1- 8  fundamentally not on military might, but on the well-being 
  1- 9  and vitality of our citizens; and 
 
  1-10  WHEREAS, programs which sustain and improve the health, 
  1-11  education, affordable housing, environmental protection, and 
  1-12  safety of our citizens are being transferred from the 
  1-13  federal to the state governments; and 
 
  1-14  WHEREAS, the funds being provided by the federal government 
  1-15  to the states are insufficient to fulfill these 
  1-16  responsibilities; and 
 
  1-17  WHEREAS, the seven countries currently identified as our 
  1-18  potential adversaries have a combined military budget of $15 
  1-19  billion, while the United States military budget for 1997 is 
  1-20  $265 billion; and 
 
  1-21  WHEREAS, the United States military budget remains at 
  1-22  Cold-War levels and contains $11.4 billion not requested by 
  1-23  the Pentagon, $25 billion for 10,000 nuclear weapons and 
  1-24  their delivery systems, and $40 billion in excess of what 
  1-25  many former military leaders and leading business executives 
  1-26  consider sufficient; and 
 
  1-27  WHEREAS, current Pentagon spending outweighs all military 
  1-28  threats and creates fewer jobs than increased spending on 
  1-29  domestic programs would deliver; and 
 
  1-30  WHEREAS, shifting funds from the military to repairing our 
  1-31  infrastructure would dramatically improve the well-being of 
  1-32  our citizens and strengthen our ability to compete 
  1-33  successfully in the world market. 
 
  1-34  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF 
  1-35  REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body urge that 
 
 
 
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  2- 1  sufficient amounts of money be redirected from the military 
  2- 2  budget to the several states so that the State of Georgia 
  2- 3  and its sister states can meet the critical needs of 
  2- 4  rebuilding our communities and inner cities, repairing our 
  2- 5  schools, educating our children, eliminating hunger, 
  2- 6  providing housing, improving transportation, protecting our 
  2- 7  environment, and obtaining a decent level of health care and 
  2- 8  safety for all of our citizens, thereby increasing 
  2- 9  fundamentally our security and well-being. 
 
  2-10  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of 
  2-11  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit 
  2-12  appropriate copies of this resolution to the President of 
  2-13  the United States and each member of the United States 
  2-14  Congress representing the State of Georgia. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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