By Hirschi                                            H.C.R. No. 13
                              HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
    1-1        WHEREAS, American-owned and American-operated companies
    1-2  continue to manufacture superior merchandise at competitive prices
    1-3  while heightening productivity and pioneering new forms of
    1-4  technology; and
    1-5        WHEREAS, The plight of jobless workers in this nation is due
    1-6  in part to the failure of American consumers to recognize the
    1-7  importance of buying quality merchandise produced here in the
    1-8  United States; and
    1-9        WHEREAS, Texans, and indeed all Americans, can help revive
   1-10  the economies of this state and nation and foster a return to
   1-11  prosperity by making a concerted effort to purchase only those
   1-12  products that are made by American workers; and
   1-13        WHEREAS, The president and Congress of the United States have
   1-14  been actively working to expand manufacturing in this country by
   1-15  encouraging the purchase of American-made products, and each
   1-16  individual state should play an important role in supporting this
   1-17  noble and crucial effort; now, therefore, be it
   1-18        RESOLVED, That the 73rd Legislature of the State of Texas
   1-19  hereby designate Labor Day, September 6, 1993, as "Help Yourself,
   1-20  Buy American Day" in Texas and urge all Texans to pay tribute to
   1-21  the American worker on that day and on all subsequent days by
   1-22  making a conscious effort to purchase American-made products
   1-23  whenever possible.