House Resolution 124 - Introduced HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 124 BY GRASSLEY , BACON , BALTIMORE , BAUDLER , BAXTER , BERGAN , BEST , BLOOMINGDALE , BOSSMAN , CARLSON , COWNIE , DEYOE , DOLECHECK , FISHER , FRY , GASSMAN , GUSTAFSON , HAGENOW , HAGER , HANUSA , HEARTSILL , HEATON , HEIN , HIGHFILL , HINSON , HOLT , HOLZ , HUSEMAN , JACOBSEN , JONES , KAUFMANN , KERR , KLEIN , KOESTER , LANDON , LUNDGREN , MAXWELL , McKEAN , MOHR , MOMMSEN , MOORE , NUNN , PAUSTIAN , PETTENGILL , RIZER , ROGERS , SALMON , SEXTON , SHEETS , SIECK , R. TAYLOR , UPMEYER , VANDER LINDEN , WATTS , WHEELER , WILLS , WINDSCHITL , WORTHAN , and ZUMBACH A Resolution recognizing Iowa’s commitment to affirming 1 Iowa’s rural heritage and fair agricultural trade, 2 fair and nonpartisan redistricting, and retirement 3 security for public employees. 4 WHEREAS, the House of Representatives recognizes 5 the leadership role Iowa has played in agricultural 6 production, fair redistricting practices, and 7 commitment to retirement security for public 8 servants; and 9 WHEREAS, the House of Representatives recognizes 10 Iowa’s rural heritage and the honest work ethic of 11 its rural residents, and declares its commitment to 12 preserving Iowa’s rural way of life, while expanding 13 opportunities and economic growth for communities, 14 residents, small businesses, and family farms located 15 in rural Iowa; and 16 WHEREAS, the House of Representatives finds and 17 declares that the implementation of tariffs designed 18 -1- LSB 6262HH (3) 87 ec/rh 1/ 2

H.R. 124 to address certain foreign trade practices, including 1 steel and aluminum imports, is counterproductive 2 and will cause substantial and immediate negative 3 consequences to the economies of this state, other farm 4 states, and this nation, which depend upon the export 5 of agricultural commodities including soybeans to world 6 markets; and 7 WHEREAS, Iowa’s process of fair and nonpartisan 8 redistricting has long been a model for the nation in 9 providing competitive districts that are not drawn for 10 purely partisan advantage; and 11 WHEREAS, the House of Representatives expresses 12 its strong support for maintaining Iowa’s continuing 13 commitment to fair and nonpartisan redistricting; and 14 WHEREAS, Iowa has long recognized the importance of 15 those Iowans who serve the public by providing that 16 those Iowans may retire with dignity; and 17 WHEREAS, the House of Representatives expresses its 18 support in maintaining strong, stable, and well-funded 19 public retirement systems that ensure that promised 20 retirement benefits for public employees will be 21 available upon their retirement; NOW THEREFORE, 22 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 23 That the House of Representatives strongly affirms 24 its support for Iowa’s rural heritage and commitment 25 to fair agricultural trade, fair and nonpartisan 26 redistricting, and retirement security for public 27 employees. 28 -2- LSB 6262HH (3) 87 ec/rh 2/ 2