PRINTER'S NO. 2799
No. 348 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY PERZEL, DeWEESE, S. H. SMITH, CLYMER, M. WRIGHT,
DiGIROLAMO, REINARD, DALEY, HANNA, ROBINSON, M. COHEN, VEON,
BARLEY, FLEAGLE, VANCE, E. Z. TAYLOR, BASTIAN, WATSON,
McILHINNEY, STEIL, LAWLESS, TRICH, SOLOBAY, MANN, CURRY,
STEELMAN, BELARDI, STABACK, SURRA, D. EVANS, GODSHALL,
M. BAKER, PICKETT, CAPPELLI, ROSS, STERN, ARGALL, EGOLF,
BENNINGHOFF, MAITLAND, ADOLPH, MICOZZIE, STURLA, YUDICHAK,
CASORIO, ROONEY, BELFANTI, EACHUS, LAUGHLIN, GRUCELA,
WANSACZ, MUNDY, LESCOVITZ, FAIRCHILD, HESS, PHILLIPS, GEIST,
HASAY, SATHER, HERMAN, MAJOR, NICKOL, GANNON, RAYMOND,
BARRAR, FLICK, CIVERA, CAWLEY, TIGUE, ROBERTS, SHANER,
HARHAI, TRAVAGLIO, CORRIGAN, COLAFELLA, McCALL, GEORGE, COY,
BLAUM, BIRMELIN, R. MILLER, MACKERETH, NAILOR, STRITTMATTER,
ARMSTRONG, CREIGHTON, ZIMMERMAN, SCHULER, GRUITZA, RYAN,
SCRIMENTI, BUXTON, TANGRETTI, PETRARCA, SAINATO, LaGROTTA,
SAYLOR, McNAUGHTON, GABIG, LYNCH, ROHRER, ZUG, GORDNER,
J. BAKER, METCALFE, STETLER, YEWCIC, SAMUELSON, HALUSKA,
LEVDANSKY, DERMODY, FRANKEL, MAYERNIK, MARKOSEK, LEH, HARPER,
FEESE, KREBS, JADLOWIEC, J. EVANS, R. STEVENSON, McILHATTAN,
HUTCHINSON, BISHOP, C. WILLIAMS, FREEMAN, G. WRIGHT, BEBKO-
JONES, PISTELLA, COSTA, DIVEN, DeLUCA, MARSICO, WILT,
HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, B. SMITH, FORCIER, BROWNE, DALLY,
HARHART, THOMAS, MANDERINO, J. WILLIAMS, KIRKLAND,
WASHINGTON, PRESTON, WALKO, TRELLO, CLARK, SCHRODER, BARD,
RUBLEY, ALLEN, LEWIS, T. STEVENSON, TURZAI, BOYES, BUTKOVITZ,
YOUNGBLOOD, CRUZ, MYERS, JAMES, KAISER, RUFFING, WOJNAROSKI,
READSHAW, FICHTER, DAILEY, L. I. COHEN, McGILL, SEMMEL,
PIPPY, COLEMAN, WOGAN, KENNEY, McGEEHAN, LEDERER, KELLER,
WATERS, HORSEY, VITALI, PALLONE, PETRONE, MICHLOVIC, TULLI,
STAIRS, CORNELL, BUNT, MAHER, HABAY, S. MILLER, J. TAYLOR,
O'BRIEN, OLIVER, DONATUCCI, RIEGER, ROEBUCK, JOSEPHS, LUCYK,
MELIO, SANTONI AND CALTAGIRONE, OCTOBER 30, 2001
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 30, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the Congress of the United States to address three
2 critical areas in the formation of economic stimulus
3 legislation and recommending specific provisions for the
1 legislation.
2 WHEREAS, The attack on America of September 11, 2001, was a
3 shock to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the nation; and
4 WHEREAS, There is an ongoing military and multidimensional
5 response to terrorism that we strongly support; and
6 WHEREAS, The United States faces the potential of a serious
7 recession, having already lost 50,000 manufacturing jobs in
8 Pennsylvania since the beginning of the year, and the attack on
9 America may cause the loss of an estimated additional 15,000
10 jobs; and
11 WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States has already taken
12 critical action to support affected industries and is proposing
13 additional aid to business; and
14 WHEREAS, The Congress is considering an economic stimulus
15 package; and
16 WHEREAS, The core goal of an economic stimulus package is the
17 stabilization of communities; and
18 WHEREAS, Supporting business to stabilize employment must be
19 a critical part of any economic stimulus package to be adopted
20 by the Congress; and
21 WHEREAS, Supporting workers must be included as part of any
22 economic stimulus package to stabilize the economy; and
23 WHEREAS, Supporting state and local governments to avoid or
24 lessen state or local tax revenues is a critical part of any
25 economic stimulus package; and
26 WHEREAS, The economic stimulus package should include the
27 following provisions: extending federally funded unemployment
28 compensation, where needed, by 26 weeks; aiding workers by
29 improving health care access by at least paying 75% of the COBRA
30 health care costs and other health care assistance; aiding
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1 workers by fully funding targeted training and worker
2 reemployment programs and taking such other actions to save
3 personal homes and stabilize credit transactions; and
4 WHEREAS, If the Congress does not address the critical areas
5 of economic stimulus, business workers and state and local
6 government, these costs will have to be borne by state and local
7 governments, workers and business; and
8 WHEREAS, The economic stimulus package adopted by the
9 Congress on October 24, 2001, fails to adequately address the
10 needs of workers in state and local government; therefore be it
11 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
12 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the Congress of the United
13 States to address each of the three critical areas that will
14 create economic stability and allow full growth; and be it
15 further
16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives ask the Congress
17 to help workers by considering the following provisions:
18 extending federally funded unemployment compensation, where
19 needed, by 26 weeks; aiding workers by improving health care
20 access by at least paying 75% of the COBRA health care costs and
21 other health care assistance; aiding workers by fully funding
22 targeted training and worker reemployment programs and taking
23 such other actions to save personal homes and stabilize credit
24 transactions; and be it further
25 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives respectfully
26 request that the Congress provide aid to affected states to
27 offset revenue deficits; and be it further
28 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
29 the President of the United States, to the presiding officers of
30 each house of Congress and to each member of Congress from
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1 Pennsylvania.
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