Full Text of HR0073 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The federal government, now more than ever, needs | 3 | | to eliminate wasteful spending programs from its budget; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The federal deficit recently hit $13.5 trillion; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Department of Defense will spend $708 billion | 7 | | on defense spending in the 2011 fiscal year for both base | 8 | | defense programs and overseas contingency operations to | 9 | | promote the safety and welfare of our nation; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Congress has planned to appropriate $465 million | 11 | | for an alternate GE F136 engine for the F-35 Joint Strike | 12 | | Fighter program in the Defense Appropriations Bill; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, The Department of Defense has already contracted | 14 | | the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine, which has gone through | 15 | | multiple series of testing and development; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, No military aircraft in the past three decades has | 17 | | been procured with multiple engine suppliers; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Developing the alternate engine would cost $2.9 | 19 | | billion dollars over the next two to three years; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Having multiple engine suppliers will require | 2 | | additional spending for two sets of parts, two production and | 3 | | maintenance lines, and additional personnel and training, | 4 | | which will lead to the production of fewer Joint Strike Fighter | 5 | | planes; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, President Barack Obama, with urging from military | 7 | | officials and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, vows to veto the | 8 | | Defense Authorization Bill if the alternate engine | 9 | | appropriation is included in the bill; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Defense spending can be used more efficiently for | 11 | | more vital military programs; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we encourage the members of the Illinois congressional | 15 | | delegation to vote against the F-35 alternate engine | 16 | | appropriations measure; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to President Barack Obama, the Speaker of the United | 19 | | States House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of | 20 | | the United States Senate, and the members of the Illinois | 21 | | congressional delegation.
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