HR0173 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HR0173 LRB095 11513 MJR 32786 r

HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives and the people of the State of Illinois have a strong interest in the health, welfare, and safety of the United States of America and all of its people; and

WHEREAS, The United States of America has deployed many thousands of brave men and women to Iraq, troops who have been defending the cause of liberty and freedom with their lives; and

WHEREAS, It is the will of the vast majority of the people of the United States of America that our county begin to seek an exit strategy from this conflict and to bring our troops home; and

WHEREAS, President George W. Bush announced on January 10, 2007, the decision to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq; and

WHEREAS, the United States House of Representatives passed a Resolution known as H. Con. Res. 63 that reads as follows:

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That--

(1) Congress and the American people will continue to support and protect the members of the United States Armed Forces who are serving or have served bravely and honorably in Iraq; and

(2) Congress disapproves of the decision of President George W. Bush announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq; and

WHEREAS, The war and continued occupation have resulted in the devastation of Iraq's physical and social infrastructure and led to widespread and continuous resistance to U.S. occupation that threatens the lives of Iraqi civilians and the men and women who compose the ranks of U.S. and other occupying forces; and

WHEREAS, The presence of United States forces in Iraq has inflamed anti-American passions in the Muslim world and increased the terrorist threat to United States citizens, both at home and abroad; and

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives believe that it is time to bring our troops home, rather than to add further to our American losses in a failed and unnecessary conflict; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Illinois House of Representatives supports and wishes to help protect the members of the United States Armed Forces who are serving or who have served bravely and honorably in Iraq; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Illinois House of Representatives, as a body, disapproves the decision of President George W. Bush announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional combat troops to Iraq ; and be it further

RESOLVED, That on behalf of the citizens of Illinois, we urge the United States government to immediately commence an orderly and rapid withdrawal of United States military personnel from Iraq; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be sent to President George W. Bush and to each member of the Illinois congressional delegation.