House Resolution 19 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2         BY WESSEL=KROESCHELL, MURPHY, R. OLSON,
  1  3            KUHN, HUNTER, GAYMAN, and LENSING
  1  4 A Resolution opposing the commitment of additional
  1  5    American troops to the war in Iraq.
  1  6    WHEREAS, hundreds of thousands of American
  1  7 servicemen and servicewomen have courageously served
  1  8 our nation in Iraq and earned the steadfast support
  1  9 and loyalty of the American people; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, the administration of President George W.
  1 11 Bush has dangerously weakened our active duty military
  1 12 and depleted the resources of the National Guard,
  1 13 dramatically reducing America's ability to respond to
  1 14 domestic emergencies; and
  1 15    WHEREAS, more than 3,000 American servicemen and
  1 16 servicewomen have been killed, and thousands more
  1 17 seriously injured, in the war in Iraq; and
  1 18    WHEREAS, many key American military commanders,
  1 19 members of Congress in both parties, and millions of
  1 20 patriotic Americans believe that deploying additional
  1 21 American troops will only escalate the war in Iraq and
  1 22 put more Americans in harm's way; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, President Bush's administration has
  1 24 already squandered billions of taxpayers' dollars in
  1 25 Iraq while significant priorities here at home remain
  1 26 neglected; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, the Iowa House of Representatives has an
  1 28 official responsibility and a patriotic right to speak
  1 29 out on behalf of the people of Iowa against policies
  1 30 that will have a significant negative impact on our
  2  1 community; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  2    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  3 That the Iowa House of Representatives declares its
  2  4 opposition to President Bush's plan to escalate the
  2  5 war by committing thousands more American troops to
  2  6 Iraq; and
  2  7    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa House of
  2  8 Representatives urges the members of the United States
  2  9 Senate and House of Representatives to declare their
  2 10 opposition to troop escalation in Iraq and to work to
  2 11 prevent the escalation of the war.
  2 12 LSB 1935HH 82
  2 13 jr:rj/es/88