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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Green New Deal seeks to mobilize our nation's |
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unparalleled wealth, creativity, and human potential to address the |
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twin crises of climate change and worsening income inequality; and |
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WHEREAS, Like President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New |
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Deal, the Green New Deal recognizes that an existential challenge |
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requires bold action on a grand scale; it is designed to combat |
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climate change through a range of historic national projects that |
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modernize the economy while providing meaningful, high-paying jobs |
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for millions of Americans; and |
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WHEREAS, The Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in |
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November 2018, warns that climate change presents mounting risks to |
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human health and safety, quality of life, and economic growth; |
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frequent extreme weather events and the disruption of average |
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climate conditions will exacerbate existing barriers to prosperity |
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caused by crumbling infrastructure, stressed ecosystems, and |
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economic inequality; and |
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WHEREAS, Communities, governments, and businesses are |
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working to reduce the dangers and costs associated with climate |
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change, but the National Climate Assessment found that mitigation |
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and adaptation efforts do not yet approach the scale necessary to |
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avert substantial damage over the coming decades; and |
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WHEREAS, The Green New Deal establishes a number of vital |
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goals: achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, creating |
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millions of high-wage jobs, investing in 21st-century |
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infrastructure and industry, securing clean air and water, and |
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maintaining a healthy food supply; while the changing climate |
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threatens to exert a disproportionate negative impact on the most |
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vulnerable, the Green New Deal promotes justice and equity to |
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ensure broad avenues of opportunity for all members of society in |
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this time of upheaval; and |
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WHEREAS, Climate change is a looming threat to our nation and |
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the world, but the Green New Deal provides a framework to engage all |
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Americans in the mission of transforming our society through |
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investment in measures that support environmental sustainability |
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and create widely shared prosperity; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to pass |
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the Green New Deal; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of |
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Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the |
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members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that |
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this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a |
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memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |