78R5148 LK-F

By:  Taylor                                                     H.C.R. No. 68 



CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, The 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was signed in 
cooperation with a nation that no longer exists; and
	WHEREAS, An increasing number of nations, including North 
Korea, either currently possess the capability to launch missile 
attacks against the United States or are working to obtain that 
capability; and
	WHEREAS, Due in part to advances in technology, the 
possibility is higher today than it was during most of the Cold War 
that a missile bearing a weapon of mass destruction will be used 
against United States forces or interests; and
	WHEREAS, Terrorist groups, not just states, may have the 
means to buy intercontinental ballistic missiles and our nation 
still has no defense against a missile attack; and
	WHEREAS, The Cold War policy of "mutual assured destruction" 
assumed in arms control treaties is not sufficient to deter 
terrorist missile attacks; and
	WHEREAS, Defending against a missile attack is the 
government's moral obligation; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 78th Legislature of the State of Texas 
hereby respectfully request the Congress of the United States to 
support efforts to build and deploy a national missile defense 
system as rapidly as possible; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official 
copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to 
the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the 
senate of the United States Congress, and to all the members of the 
Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this 
resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a 
memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.