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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 |
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has allowed vaccine manufacturers to operate with impunity, |
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shielded from accountability, while American taxpayers ultimately |
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pay the price for injuries caused by their products; and |
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WHEREAS, The NCVIA has shielded vaccine manufacturers from |
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any and all liability for injuries and deaths resulting from the use |
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of their products; and |
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WHEREAS, Enacted on November 14, 1986, the NCVIA has |
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prevented millions of vaccine-injured individuals from having |
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their claims heard by a jury of their peers and has denied them |
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their state and federal constitutional rights of due process; and |
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WHEREAS, The NCVIA has caused disparities between vaccine |
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research, other forms of medical research, and the testing of |
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medical drugs; knowing that they are shielded from claims of |
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vaccine injury and death, vaccine manufacturers have no incentive |
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to test their products as rigorously as do manufacturers of other |
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medical drugs; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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respectfully urge the United States Congress to repeal the National |
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Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986; 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 officially entered in the Congressional Record |
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as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |