*HR1512*
Introduced Version
HOUSE
RESOLUTION No. ___
Introduced by: Manning
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1 A HOUSE RESOLUTION urging the United States
2 Congress to take such actions as are necessary to enact a policy
3 that supports United States businesses and workers while
4 penalizing global polluters.
5 Whereas, Chinese government-owned industry is an arm of
6 the Communist Party and strives to increase its influence over
7 the global economy by pursuing predatory, unfair trade
8 practices designed to steal intellectual property and destroy
9 competition from the United States;
10 Whereas, China's dominance of key components of the
11 global supply chain, including those related to critical
12 minerals, represents a threat to the United States' economic
13 security and economic and social development;
14 Whereas, China, by far the world's biggest polluter, accounts
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1 for over 30% of global carbon dioxide pollution and subsidizes
2 its exports by not imposing or enforcing reasonable
3 environmental and labor standards;
4 Whereas, The United States has eliminated more carbon
5 pollution than any other country in the last 15 years, and its
6 economy is 44% more carbon-efficient than the world average;
7 Whereas, United States manufacturers are more efficient in
8 nearly every industry, from steel to pharmaceuticals to
9 automobiles, and yet are forced to compete with companies in
10 China and elsewhere that face few limits on how much they
11 pollute;
12 Whereas, Goods produced in China, on average, generate
13 three times the carbon pollution of equivalent goods made in
14 the United States, and goods produced in Russia emit four
15 times the pollution;
16 Whereas, Many rural Americans are being left behind
17 economically, suffering from severe poverty, poor health care,
18 and few economic opportunities, making them increasingly
19 vulnerable to crime and the opioid crisis;
20 Whereas, Manufacturing jobs play a more important role in
21 the rural economy than in urban areas, accounting for a
22 greater share of economic development;
23 Whereas, United States trade policy, which has given foreign
24 polluters an unfair advantage over the past two decades, has
25 encouraged economic restructuring across rural America that
26 has resulted in manufacturing employment falling by nearly
27 30%;
28 Whereas, China has been the major beneficiary of this
29 poorly designed federal trade policy at the expense of U.S.
30 industry;
31 Whereas, Rewarding U.S. firms for their environmental
32 performance would bolster domestic manufacturing, generate
33 well-paying jobs, and reduce dependence on imports from
34 high-emitting producers like Russia and China; and
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1 Whereas, Proposed Environmental Protection Agency
2 regulations would do the opposite and undermine America's
3 steel industry, hurt steel manufacturers and steelworkers, and
4 ship steel jobs overseas: Therefore,
5 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the
6 General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
7 SECTION 1. That the Indiana House of Representatives
8 urges the United States Congress to take such actions as are
9 necessary to enact a policy that holds high-polluting countries
10 like China and Russia accountable for their pollution and
11 promotes American economic development and the rebuilding
12 of United States supply chains, particularly in rural
13 communities, by rewarding American businesses and workers
14 for their superior environmental performance while penalizing
15 global polluters.
16 SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of
17 Representatives transmit a copy of this resolution to the
18 presiding officers of the Senate and the House of
19 Representatives of the Congress of the United States and to
20 each member of the Indiana Congressional delegation.
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