87R12375 CJM-D
By: Reynolds H.C.R. No. 47
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Green New Deal seeks to mobilize our nation's
unparalleled wealth, creativity, and human potential to address the
twin crises of climate change and worsening income inequality; and
WHEREAS, Like President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New
Deal, the Green New Deal recognizes that an existential challenge
requires bold action on a grand scale; it is designed to combat
climate change through a range of historic national projects that
modernize the economy while providing meaningful, high-paying jobs
for millions of Americans; and
WHEREAS, The Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in
November 2018, warns that climate change presents mounting risks to
human health and safety, quality of life, and economic growth;
frequent extreme weather events and the disruption of average
climate conditions will exacerbate existing barriers to prosperity
caused by crumbling infrastructure, stressed ecosystems, and
economic inequality; and
WHEREAS, Communities, governments, and businesses are
working to reduce the dangers and costs associated with climate
change, but the National Climate Assessment found that mitigation
and adaptation efforts do not yet approach the scale necessary to
avert substantial damage over the coming decades; and
WHEREAS, The Green New Deal establishes a number of vital
goals: achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, creating
millions of high-wage jobs, investing in 21st-century
infrastructure and industry, securing clean air and water, and
maintaining a healthy food supply; while the changing climate
threatens to exert a disproportionate negative impact on the most
vulnerable, the Green New Deal promotes justice and equity to
ensure broad avenues of opportunity for all members of society in
this time of upheaval; and
WHEREAS, Climate change is a looming threat to our nation and
the world, but the Green New Deal provides a framework to engage all
Americans in the mission of transforming our society through
investment in measures that support environmental sustainability
and create widely shared prosperity; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to pass
the Green New Deal; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.