Indiana 2024 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HR0009 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	HOUSE
4	4	RESOLUTION No. ___
5	5	Introduced by: Manning
6	6	____________________________________
7	7	1 A HOUSE RESOLUTION urging the United States
8	8	2 Congress to take such actions as are necessary to enact a policy
9	9	3 that supports United States businesses and workers while
10	10	4 penalizing global polluters.
11	11	5 Whereas, Chinese government-owned industry is an arm of
12	12	6 the Communist Party and strives to increase its influence over
13	13	7 the global economy by pursuing predatory, unfair trade
14	14	8 practices designed to steal intellectual property and destroy
15	15	9 competition from the United States;
16	16	10 Whereas, China's dominance of key components of the
17	17	11 global supply chain, including those related to critical
18	18	12 minerals, represents a threat to the United States' economic
19	19	13 security and economic and social development;
20	20	14 Whereas, China, by far the world's biggest polluter, accounts
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23	23	1 for over 30% of global carbon dioxide pollution and subsidizes
24	24	2 its exports by not imposing or enforcing reasonable
25	25	3 environmental and labor standards;
26	26	4 Whereas, The United States has eliminated more carbon
27	27	5 pollution than any other country in the last 15 years, and its
28	28	6 economy is 44% more carbon-efficient than the world average;
29	29	7 Whereas, United States manufacturers are more efficient in
30	30	8 nearly every industry, from steel to pharmaceuticals to
31	31	9 automobiles, and yet are forced to compete with companies in
32	32	10 China and elsewhere that face few limits on how much they
33	33	11 pollute;
34	34	12 Whereas, Goods produced in China, on average, generate
35	35	13 three times the carbon pollution of equivalent goods made in
36	36	14 the United States, and goods produced in Russia emit four
37	37	15 times the pollution;
38	38	16 Whereas, Many rural Americans are being left behind
39	39	17 economically, suffering from severe poverty, poor health care,
40	40	18 and few economic opportunities, making them increasingly
41	41	19 vulnerable to crime and the opioid crisis;
42	42	20 Whereas, Manufacturing jobs play a more important role in
43	43	21 the rural economy than in urban areas, accounting for a
44	44	22 greater share of economic development;
45	45	23 Whereas, United States trade policy, which has given foreign
46	46	24 polluters an unfair advantage over the past two decades, has
47	47	25 encouraged economic restructuring across rural America that
48	48	26 has resulted in manufacturing employment falling by nearly
49	49	27 30%;
50	50	28 Whereas, China has been the major beneficiary of this
51	51	29 poorly designed federal trade policy at the expense of U.S.
52	52	30 industry;
53	53	31 Whereas, Rewarding U.S. firms for their environmental
54	54	32 performance would bolster domestic manufacturing, generate
55	55	33 well-paying jobs, and reduce dependence on imports from
56	56	34 high-emitting producers like Russia and China; and
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59	59	1 Whereas, Proposed Environmental Protection Agency
60	60	2 regulations would do the opposite and undermine America's
61	61	3 steel industry, hurt steel manufacturers and steelworkers, and
62	62	4 ship steel jobs overseas: Therefore,
63	63	5 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the
64	64	6 General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
65	65	7 SECTION 1. That the Indiana House of Representatives
66	66	8 urges the United States Congress to take such actions as are
67	67	9 necessary to enact a policy that holds high-polluting countries
68	68	10 like China and Russia accountable for their pollution and
69	69	11 promotes American economic development and the rebuilding
70	70	12 of United States supply chains, particularly in rural
71	71	13 communities, by rewarding American businesses and workers
72	72	14 for their superior environmental performance while penalizing
73	73	15 global polluters.
74	74	16 SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of
75	75	17 Representatives transmit a copy of this resolution to the
76	76	18 presiding officers of the Senate and the House of
77	77	19 Representatives of the Congress of the United States and to
78	78	20 each member of the Indiana Congressional delegation.
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