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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY DRAKE and KIBBIE
1 3 (COMPANION TO LSB 5911HH BY DAVIS)
1 4 A Concurrent Resolution requesting the Congress
1 5 of the United States to appropriate sufficient
1 6 funding to the United States Naval Fleet and the
1 7 United States Flag Merchant Marine Fleet.
1 8 WHEREAS, the continuing reduction of the United
1 9 States armed forces is dangerously straining the
1 10 ability of the United States to respond adequately to
1 11 regional threats, with the United States Naval Fleet
1 12 shrinking from nearly 600 ships in 1987 to less than
1 13 325 ships today; and
1 14 WHEREAS, the United States is currently building
1 15 military ships at half the rate needed to maintain
1 16 even a modest fleet, while the demands on the United
1 17 States sea power forces have increased significantly
1 18 since the end of the Cold War; and
1 19 WHEREAS, the United States is presently deploying
1 20 its Navy and Marines three times as often as the
1 21 United States did before the fall of the Soviet Union,
1 22 while procuring fewer ships than at anytime since
1 23 1932, with the current fleet being the smallest since
1 24 1917; and
1 25 WHEREAS, the safety and economic prosperity of the
1 26 United States are tied to the political stability of
1 27 every part of the globe, and the United States faces a
1 28 dangerous and challenging situation where, as the only
1 29 superpower, it has an obligation to ensure that
1 30 conflicts do not escalate into major military or
2 1 humanitarian disasters; and
2 2 WHEREAS, the United States has a different and far
2 3 more complex duty now than during the Cold War, and
2 4 must be prepared to deploy air and sea power as well
2 5 as ground troops, upon short notice; and
2 6 WHEREAS, because the United States has closed many
2 7 military bases in the past decade, only the Naval
2 8 Fleet can transport large numbers of Army and Air
2 9 Force equipment, troops, and supplies around the world
2 10 to support military operations that deal with threats
2 11 to national security of the United States; and
2 12 WHEREAS, nations engaging in terrorist activities
2 13 have vast supplies of chemical and biological agents,
2 14 with several nations developing their own nuclear
2 15 weapons; and
2 16 WHEREAS, the health of the economy of the United
2 17 States depends on international stability, as vast
2 18 markets for the agricultural and manufactured products
2 19 of the United States and the world's investment
2 20 markets are intertwined; NOW THEREFORE,
2 21 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 22 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General
2 23 Assembly requests that the Congress of the United
2 24 States, committed to the safety and economic security
2 25 of the United States, authorize and appropriate
2 26 sufficient funding to build at least 10 ships per year
2 27 for the next decade; and
2 28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa General
2 29 Assembly call upon the Presidential candidates to
2 30 express their commitment to rebuilding the United
3 1 States Naval Fleet and the United States Flag Merchant
3 2 Marine Fleet; and
3 3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That official copies of
3 4 this Resolution be transmitted to the President of the
3 5 United States, the President of the United States
3 6 Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of
3 7 Representatives, and the members of Iowa's
3 8 congressional delegation.
3 9 LSB 5911SS 78
3 10 tm/as/5
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