Senate Resolution 110 - Introduced SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 110 BY HANCOCK , BEALL , KIBBIE , DANIELSON , ERNST , KAPUCIAN , SEYMOUR , and BARTZ A Resolution urging Congress and the President of the 1 United States to protect America’s national guard 2 units from additional budget cuts. 3 WHEREAS, state militias, now known as the national 4 guard, have been a bulwark of this nation’s military 5 defense system since 1776; and 6 WHEREAS, now in the 21st century America relies on 7 the citizen-soldiers of the guard like never before, 8 from providing cybersecurity to piloting Predator and 9 Reaper unmanned drones, while still providing the 10 traditional role as “boots on the ground”; and 11 WHEREAS, defense budget cuts ranging from $450 12 billion up to $1 trillion over the next decade will 13 force each branch of the military service to reexamine 14 its balance of forces in the active duty, guard, and 15 reserve branches; and 16 WHEREAS, these cuts threaten to reverse progress 17 made over the past 10 years in which guard units have 18 completed multiple deployments and upgraded both skills 19 and equipment; NOW THEREFORE, 20 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate urges 21 the President of the United States, the United States 22 Congress, and the United States Secretary of Defense to 23 protect the national guard from any future reductions 24 or other budget cuts; and 25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That an official copy of 26 this resolution be transmitted to the President of the 27 -1- LSB 6047XS (5) 84 jr/rj 1/ 2