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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Republic of Texas existed as an independent |
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nation for nine years, and when it accepted admission to the Union |
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in 1845, it remained a free and independent state subject only to |
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the United States Constitution; and |
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WHEREAS, The United States Congress has passed laws requiring |
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Texas to make expenditures that are unfunded by the federal |
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government, which is a violation of the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. |
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Constitution; moreover, the federal government has caused the |
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intentional devaluation of its currency through its reckless |
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spending and borrowing, and this threatens the economic stability |
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of Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, The United States government has allowed the use of |
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its authority, credit, and goodwill for the benefit of private and |
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foreign concerns in violation of its own constitution; in addition, |
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its repeated failure to guard the border between Texas and Mexico |
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has forced the state to spend vast sums in order to protect its |
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citizens; and |
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WHEREAS, The federal government has further implemented |
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thousands of laws, mandates, and agencies in violation of the |
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United States Constitution and of the sovereignty of the State of |
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Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, Section 1, Article I, Texas Constitution, states |
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that "the perpetuity of the Union depend[s] upon the preservation |
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of the right of local self-government, unimpaired to all the |
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States"; Section 2, Article I, declares, "All political power is |
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inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on |
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their authority, and instituted for their benefit. The faith of the |
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people of Texas stands pledged to the preservation of a republican |
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form of government, and, subject to this limitation only, they have |
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at all times the inalienable right to alter, reform or abolish their |
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government in such manner as they may think expedient"; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby reaffirm the state's sovereignty under the Texas |
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Constitution and the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the |
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United States; 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. |