093_HR0091
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The increasing integration of the global economy
3 ensures that the growth in the production of goods and
4 services in any location within the United States benefits
5 the American economy as a whole; and
6 WHEREAS, By tradition, the costs of infrastructure
7 investments needed to leverage the construction of new
8 production facilities is traditionally borne by State and
9 local governments; and
10 WHEREAS, This tradition no longer operates in harmony
11 with the realities of an integrated national economy; and
12 WHEREAS, One of the most successful economic development
13 programs ever undertaken by the Federal Government was its
14 lead role, in cooperation with the states, in the planning,
15 development and construction of the National Interstate
16 Highway System; therefore, be it
17 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
19 the Federal Government should assume a share of the burden of
20 infrastructure investments for the siting of production
21 facilities throughout the United States that will hire highly
22 trained workers from all over the United States and which
23 will produce goods or services for consumers throughout the
24 United States; and be it further
25 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to
26 each member of the Illinois congressional delegation.