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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Biennially, since the 105th Congress in 1997, U.S. |
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Representative Ron Paul of Texas has introduced legislation, H.R. |
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1146, to withdraw the United States from membership in the United |
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Nations; and |
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WHEREAS, To be titled the American Sovereignty Restoration |
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Act, the measure proposes to remove the forces of internationalism |
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from having sway over domestic tax, trade, environmental, labor, or |
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other laws that rightfully should be determined by elected |
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national, state, and local officials and that should reflect the |
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will and the values of the American people and none other; and |
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WHEREAS, H.R. 1146 would take the United States out of the |
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business of funding a disproportionate share of United Nations |
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activities, and it would preclude the onerous practice of placing |
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U.S. military troops under the command of United Nations |
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peacekeeping or other forces; and |
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WHEREAS, The United Nations has proven incapable of |
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fulfilling its purported mission of stopping wars and |
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genocide--from Biafra in the 1960s to Cambodia in the 1970s, |
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Northern Ireland in the 1980s, Rwanda in the 1990s, Sudan now, and |
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the Middle East for more than half a century; and |
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WHEREAS, Furthermore, it is a club containing admirable |
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members who espouse progressive and enlightened ideals, but who |
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nevertheless unwittingly serve as a public relations adjunct for, |
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and give an equal vote on edicts and resolutions to, some of the |
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world's darkest forces and most dysfunctional governments; and |
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WHEREAS, Congressman Paul's legislation would extricate the |
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United States from an organization that undermines its sovereignty |
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at home and hinders its diplomacy, treaty making, and discretionary |
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interaction elsewhere in the world; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby respectfully request the Congress of the United States to |
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pass H.R. 1146 to withdraw the United States from membership in the |
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United Nations; 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 speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the |
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senate of the United States Congress, and to all members of the |
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Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this |
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resolution be entered officially in the Congressional Record as a |
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memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |