Senate Resolution 13 - Introduced

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