87R12375 CJM-D
 
  By: Reynolds H.C.R. No. 47
 
 
 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
         WHEREAS, The Green New Deal seeks to mobilize our nation's
  unparalleled wealth, creativity, and human potential to address the
  twin crises of climate change and worsening income inequality; and
         WHEREAS, Like President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New
  Deal, the Green New Deal recognizes that an existential challenge
  requires bold action on a grand scale; it is designed to combat
  climate change through a range of historic national projects that
  modernize the economy while providing meaningful, high-paying jobs
  for millions of Americans; and
         WHEREAS, The Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in
  November 2018, warns that climate change presents mounting risks to
  human health and safety, quality of life, and economic growth;
  frequent extreme weather events and the disruption of average
  climate conditions will exacerbate existing barriers to prosperity
  caused by crumbling infrastructure, stressed ecosystems, and
  economic inequality; and
         WHEREAS, Communities, governments, and businesses are
  working to reduce the dangers and costs associated with climate
  change, but the National Climate Assessment found that mitigation
  and adaptation efforts do not yet approach the scale necessary to
  avert substantial damage over the coming decades; and
         WHEREAS, The Green New Deal establishes a number of vital
  goals: achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, creating
  millions of high-wage jobs, investing in 21st-century
  infrastructure and industry, securing clean air and water, and
  maintaining a healthy food supply; while the changing climate
  threatens to exert a disproportionate negative impact on the most
  vulnerable, the Green New Deal promotes justice and equity to
  ensure broad avenues of opportunity for all members of society in
  this time of upheaval; and
         WHEREAS, Climate change is a looming threat to our nation and
  the world, but the Green New Deal provides a framework to engage all
  Americans in the mission of transforming our society through
  investment in measures that support environmental sustainability
  and create widely shared prosperity; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas
  hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to pass
  the Green New Deal; 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 president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
  Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
  members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
  this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
  memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.