Full Text of HR0102 94th General Assembly
HR0102 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The price of natural gas in the United States is | 3 |
| already the highest in the industrial world, has spiked again, | 4 |
| and shows continued volatility; and
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| WHEREAS, According to the federal Energy Information | 6 |
| Administration, total natural gas demand is projected to grow | 7 |
| by 48% over the next 25 years; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, The United States and the State of Illinois are | 9 |
| increasingly reliant on natural gas in our energy supply, | 10 |
| creating an imbalance between natural gas supply and demand; | 11 |
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| WHEREAS, Higher natural gas costs are passed on to | 13 |
| consumers in the form of spiraling home heating bills, more | 14 |
| expensive food, and higher prices for many pharmaceuticals and | 15 |
| consumer goods; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, The volatility of natural gas prices is having a | 17 |
| negative effect on metal-treating, chemical, fertilizer, | 18 |
| plastics, aluminum, and steel producers as well as the | 19 |
| agricultural sector; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, The chemical and plastics industries of the United | 21 |
| States, once leading exporters, now have large trade deficits, | 22 |
| in part due to rising natural gas prices, and have lost more | 23 |
| than $500 billion in business to overseas competition and more | 24 |
| than 90,000 jobs; and | 25 |
| WHEREAS, Thousands of jobs in Illinois are threatened in | 26 |
| industries using natural gas as a raw material, including the | 27 |
| chemistry industry; and | 28 |
| WHEREAS, The chemistry industry annually generates a total |
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| of 351,000 jobs and $23 billion worth of chemistry products in | 2 |
| the State of Illinois, with exports totaling $3.5 billion; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, The natural gas imbalance is a multi-faceted issue | 4 |
| and will require various solutions, including, but not limited | 5 |
| to, increased production, improved energy efficiency, greater | 6 |
| conservation, and increased importation; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 |
| we urge the President and the Congress of the United States of | 10 |
| America to enact legislation in the 109th Congress establishing | 11 |
| a domestic energy policy that will ensure an adequate supply of | 12 |
| energy and the appropriate infrastructure and that includes a | 13 |
| concerted national effort to promote greater energy efficiency | 14 |
| and produce a political consensus that will open promising new | 15 |
| areas for environmentally responsible natural gas production; | 16 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the President of the United States, the President | 19 |
| pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, the Speaker of the U.S. House | 20 |
| of Representatives, and each member of the Illinois | 21 |
| congressional delegation.
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