Florida 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0517 Compare Versions

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10	10	F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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13	13	House Memorial 1
14	14	A memorial to the Congress of the United States, 2
15	15	urging Congress to support solutions that examine the 3
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17	17	production and other countries and that hold foreign 5
18	18	polluters accountable for their pollution. 6
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20	20	WHEREAS, Florida's natural resources and environment are 8
21	21	essential to the state's character, economy, and way of life, 9
22	22	and 10
23	23	WHEREAS, Florida, under Govern or DeSantis' leadership, has 11
24	24	recently delivered investments to protect the state's natural 12
25	25	resources and environment, including Everglades restoration, 13
26	26	waterway rehabilitation, and water quality infrastructure, and 14
27	27	WHEREAS, China, by far the world's large st polluter, 15
28	28	accounts for over 30 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions 16
29	29	and subsidizes its exports by not imposing or enforcing 17
30	30	reasonable environmental and labor standards, and 18
31	31	WHEREAS, Chinese government -owned industry is an arm of the 19
32	32	Communist Party and strives to increase its influence over the 20
33	33	global economy by pursuing predatory trade practices such as 21
34	34	stealing intellectual property from the United States, and 22
35	35	WHEREAS, the United States has reduced more carbon 23
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49	49	average, and 26
50	50	WHEREAS, manufacturers in the United States are more 27
51	51	efficient in nearly every industry and yet are forced to compete 28
52	52	with companies in China and other countries that face few limits 29
53	53	on how much they pollute, and 30
54	54	WHEREAS, goods produced in China and Russia generate 300 31
55	55	percent and 400 percent on average, respectively, more in carbon 32
56	56	emissions compared to equivalent goods produced in the United 33
57	57	States, and 34
58	58	WHEREAS, United States trade policy has not taken into 35
59	59	account carbon emissions, and as a result, afforded foreign 36
60	60	polluters with loose carbon standards an advantage over the 37
61	61	United States for the past several decades, and 38
62	62	WHEREAS, China benefits from the current federal trade 39
63	63	policy, and 40
64	64	WHEREAS, rewarding United States firms for their 41
65	65	environmental performance would bolster domestic manufacturing, 42
66	66	generate good-paying jobs, and reduce dependence on imports from 43
67	67	high-emitting producers like Chin a and Russia, NOW, THEREFORE, 44
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69	69	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 46
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71	71	That the Congress of the United States is urged to support 48
72	72	solutions that examine the pollution differential between United 49 
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84	84	States production and other countrie s and that hold foreign 50
85	85	polluters accountable for their pollution. 51
86	86	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State dispatch 52
87	87	copies of this memorial to the President of the United States, 53
88	88	to the President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of 54
89	89	the United States House of Representatives, and to each member 55
90	90	of the Florida delegation to the United States Congress. 56