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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Illinois is home to five major military bases:
3 Rock Island Arsenal, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois Air
4 National Guard posts in Springfield and Peoria, and the Great
5 Lakes Naval Training Center in North Chicago; and
 
6     WHEREAS, These bases provide direct or indirect employment
7 to more than 72,000 people and have an estimated annual
8 economic impact of about $2.7 billion; therefore, be it
 
9     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
10 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
11 we urge President George W. Bush and the Congress of the United
12 States of America to allow the military bases located in the
13 State of Illinois to remain open; and be it further
 
14     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
15 presented to President George W. Bush, the President pro
16 tempore of the U.S. Senate, the Speaker of the U.S. House of
17 Representatives, and to each member of the Illinois
18 Congressional Delegation.