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 1-2                          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 323
 1-3           WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States has enacted
 1-4     national legislation designating the route of the nation's
 1-5     newest trade corridor I-69 as a high priority corridor for
 1-6     the movement of people, goods, and services; and
 1-7           WHEREAS, The I-69 route links all of the
 1-8     United States-Mexico border crossings from Laredo to the
 1-9     Lower Rio Grande Valley to the Great Lakes and the Canadian
1-10     border crossings in the northeast quadrant of the United States
1-11     with 42 percent of the United States population and 44 percent
1-12     of the United States gross domestic product; and
1-13           WHEREAS, The I-69 route links the Canadian provinces
1-14     of Ontario and Quebec, which lead the Canadian economy with
1-15     approximately 62 percent of the population and gross domestic
1-16     product, to highways leading to the industrial heartland of
1-17     Mexico; and
1-18           WHEREAS, When built, I-69 is estimated to spawn more
1-19     than 40,000 new jobs by 2025, resulting in $12.8 billion in
1-20     additional wages and $24 billion in added value, and it will
1-21     benefit many rural areas of the United States not currently
1-22     served by an interstate highway; now, therefore, be it
 2-1           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
 2-2     77th Legislature, hereby declare February 21, 2001, as I-69 Day
 2-3     in recognition of this important international transportation
 2-4     corridor.
 2-5                                                    Truan
 2-6           Armbrister           Gallegos            Ogden
 2-7           Barrientos           Harris              Shapiro
 2-8           Bernsen              Haywood             Shapleigh
 2-9           Bivins               Jackson             Sibley
2-10           Brown                Lindsay             Staples
2-11           Cain                 Lucio               Van de Putte
2-12           Carona               Madla               Wentworth
2-13           Duncan               Moncrief            West
2-14           Ellis                Nelson              Whitmire
2-15           Fraser                                   Zaffirini
2-16                      Ratliff, President of the Senate
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2-18                                          President of the Senate
2-19                                       I hereby certify that the above
2-20                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
2-21                                  on February 21, 2001.
2-22                                  ______________________________________
2-23                                          Secretary of the Senate
2-24                                  ______________________________________
2-25                                            Dean of the Senate