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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 2956

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 529 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY MARSHALL, FLECK, FAIRCHILD, HERSHEY AND ROHRER,
           DECEMBER 6, 2007

        INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
           DECEMBER 6, 2007

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Requesting citizens to honor the workers of this Commonwealth by
     2     buying American-made products.

     3     WHEREAS, This Commonwealth has a long and proud tradition of
     4  manufacturing; and
     5     WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's workers have produced steel for the
     6  tallest buildings and the mightiest warships and for innovative
     7  toys, such as the Slinky; and
     8     WHEREAS, These jobs were family-building and family-
     9  sustaining, allowing generations of Pennsylvanians to prosper;
    10  and
    11     WHEREAS, Manufacturing has steadily declined in this
    12  Commonwealth and the United States, due in part to less costly
    13  imported products; and
    14     WHEREAS, The decline of manufacturing has led to many fewer
    15  family-sustaining jobs and attendant hardships for those
    16  families and the communities in which they live and work; and
    17     WHEREAS, There are still manufacturers of high-quality


     1  products which are made by American workers; and
     2     WHEREAS, Citizens of this Commonwealth have within their
     3  power the ability to affect the viability of these products by
     4  making a conscious effort to "Buy American"; and
     5     WHEREAS, We are entering the season of giving; therefore be
     6  it
     7     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives implore the
     8  government and the citizens of this Commonwealth to give the
     9  workers of this Commonwealth and this country a holiday present
    10  by making a conscious effort to put Pennsylvania first and buy
    11  American-made products.













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