Full Text of HR0957 94th General Assembly
HR0957 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Pentagon has ordered the Illinois National | 3 |
| Guard to prepare plans to eliminate as many as 1,000 positions, | 4 |
| which is 10% of the State's Guard positions; and
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| WHEREAS, The following National Guard units could be | 6 |
| affected by this reduction: Company F of the 106th Aviation | 7 |
| Battalion, based at the Greater Peoria Regional Airport, a | 8 |
| Chinook helicopter company which recently served in Iraq and | 9 |
| which has about 75 Guard members; the Aviation Intermediate | 10 |
| Maintenance Facility, also a part of the 106th Aviation | 11 |
| Battalion, which has about 300 Guard members; and Company B and | 12 |
| Detachment 2, based in Bartonville, which provide security for | 13 |
| the 35th Infantry Division based in Kansas and have about 160 | 14 |
| Guard members; and
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| WHEREAS, These National Guard units serve not only the | 16 |
| nation in times of war or national emergencies; they also | 17 |
| provide security and safety to residents of the Greater Peoria | 18 |
| area; and without the presence of these units, the ability to | 19 |
| respond to a terrorist threat, national disaster, or community | 20 |
| emergency will be significantly diminished; and
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| WHEREAS, These National Guard units played a major role in | 22 |
| rescue and support operations during the Great Flood of 1993, a | 23 |
| service for which the Greater Peoria community will always be | 24 |
| grateful; the units also have assisted the community in many | 25 |
| other ways; and
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| WHEREAS, If these National Guard units are eliminated, the | 27 |
| economic stability of the Greater Peoria area, as well as its | 28 |
| safety and security, will be adversely affected; these units | 29 |
| are comprised of more than 500 soldiers; and | 30 |
| WHEREAS, While some eliminated National Guard positions |
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| might be replaced, it is uncertain how many such positions | 2 |
| might be replaced and when that might happen; in the meantime, | 3 |
| the adverse impact on the area's safety, security, and economic | 4 |
| stability would continue; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 |
| we strongly urge the Pentagon to reconsider its proposed cuts | 8 |
| in Illinois National Guard positions; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this Resolution be | 10 |
| forwarded to President George W. Bush, Secretary of Defense | 11 |
| Donald Rumsfeld, and each member of the Illinois Congressional | 12 |
| delegation.
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