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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Healthy people and healthy communities are the |
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| centerpiece of any strong and vibrant society; and
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| WHEREAS, Americans from the State of Illinois are amongst |
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| the most generous people in the world; and
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| WHEREAS, ONE billion people live on less than $1 a day; and
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| WHEREAS, ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History is a new |
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| effort by Americans to rally Americans - ONE by ONE - to fight |
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| the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty; and
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| WHEREAS, ONE is students and ministers, punk rockers and |
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| NASCAR moms, Americans of all beliefs and persuasions, united |
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| as ONE to help make poverty history; and
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| WHEREAS, ONE believes that allocating an additional ONE |
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| percent of the U.S. budget toward providing basic needs like |
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| health, education, clean water, and food would transform the |
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| futures and hopes of an entire generation in the world's |
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| poorest countries; and
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| WHEREAS, ONE also calls for debt cancellation, trade |
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| reform, and anti-corruption measures in a comprehensive |
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| package to help Africa and the poorest nations beat AIDS and |
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| extreme poverty; and
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| WHEREAS, A pact directing support for basic needs - |
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| education, health, clean water, food, and care for orphans - |
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| would transform the futures and hopes of an entire generation |
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| in the poorest countries; and
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| WHEREAS, ONE is an unprecedented bipartisan political |
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| movement in American history and part of a fast-growing global |
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