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1	1	83R8593 STE-F
2	2	By: Creighton, et al. H.C.R. No. 72
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5	5	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
6	6	WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the
7	7	United States reads, "The powers not delegated to the United States
8	8	by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are
9	9	reserved to the States respectively, or to the people"; and
10	10	WHEREAS, The Founding Fathers created the federal government
11	11	as an agent of the states, not to supplant states' rights; and
12	12	WHEREAS, The Texas Constitution affirms the notion, in
13	13	Section 1, Article I, that "Texas is a free and independent State,
14	14	subject only to the Constitution of the United States, and the
15	15	maintenance of our free institutions and the perpetuity of the
16	16	Union depend upon the preservation of the right of local
17	17	self-government, unimpaired to all the States"; and
18	18	WHEREAS, The health insurance tax is a usurpation of state
19	19	sovereignty and abuse of federal power; and
20	20	WHEREAS, The health insurance tax disparages the autonomy of
21	21	the states, in violation of the Tenth Amendment; and
22	22	WHEREAS, The health insurance tax will cost the State of
23	23	Texas additional billions of dollars in government expenses; and
24	24	WHEREAS, The National Federation of Independent Businesses
25	25	reported the tax will result in 6,000 fewer private sector jobs and
26	26	billions of dollars of lost sales in the State of Texas; and
27	27	WHEREAS, The Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation noted
28	28	that "taxes may be borne by: consumers in the form of higher prices;
29	29	owners of firms in the form of lower profits; employees of firms in
30	30	the form of lower wages; or other suppliers to firms in the form of
31	31	lower payments"; and
32	32	WHEREAS, The health insurance tax will disproportionately
33	33	burden the small businesses of Texas with increased premiums; and
34	34	WHEREAS, The Congressional Budget Office noted, "fees would
35	35	largely be passed through to consumers in the form of higher
36	36	premiums for private coverage"; and
37	37	WHEREAS, The men and women of Texas will ultimately bear the
38	38	costs of the health insurance tax, putting health care out of reach
39	39	for many; and
40	40	WHEREAS, The health insurance tax will stifle job creation,
41	41	increase health care costs, and burden the economy of Texas; now,
42	42	therefore, be it
43	43	RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas
44	44	hereby reaffirm the pride of all Texans in our nation and our state;
45	45	and, be it further
46	46	RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature reject unlimited
47	47	submission to the current administration and Congress, reaffirm the
48	48	sovereignty of our state, as granted by the Tenth Amendment to the
49	49	Constitution of the United States, and oppose the health insurance
50	50	tax.