PRINTER'S NO. 3740
No. 496 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY FLICK, ALLEN, EGOLF, MARSICO, SEMMEL, ADOLPH,
ARGALL, BAKER, BARRAR, BIRMELIN, BOSCOLA, BOYES, BUNT, CLARK,
COLAIZZO, CORNELL, DALLY, DeLUCA, DEMPSEY, DENT, DRUCE,
FARGO, FEESE, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, GANNON, GIGLIOTTI, GLADECK,
GODSHALL, GRUPPO, HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS,
HUTCHINSON, JAROLIN, KENNEY, LAWLESS, LEH, LYNCH, MARKOSEK,
MASLAND, MAYERNIK, McNAUGHTON, MICOZZIE, NAILOR, NICKOL,
O'BRIEN, OLASZ, PERZEL, PHILLIPS, PIPPY, PISTELLA, RAMOS,
RAYMOND, REBER, REINARD, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAYLOR,
SCHRODER, SCHULER, SERAFINI, D. W. SNYDER, STAIRS,
STRITTMATTER, E. Z. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR, TRELLO, TULLI, WALKO,
WASHINGTON AND WILT, JUNE 9, 1998
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 9, 1998
A RESOLUTION
1 Congratulating the American Legislative Exchange Council on the
2 occasion of its 25th Anniversary.
3 WHEREAS, In 1973 a small group of Democratic and Republican
4 state legislators met in Chicago to found a bipartisan
5 membership association that would advocate the fundamental
6 Jeffersonian principles of free markets, limited government,
7 federalism and individual liberty; and
8 WHEREAS, This new association was named the American
9 Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC); and
10 WHEREAS, Over the past quarter-century, ALEC has been at the
11 forefront of the revitalization of the Federal relationship
12 between the states and the national government; and
1 WHEREAS, ALEC has served as a counterweight against
2 tendencies to further centralize government at the national
3 level by continuously striving to return as much power and
4 resources as possible to the levels of government closest to the
5 people; and
6 WHEREAS, ALEC, the largest bipartisan individual membership
7 association of state legislators, has 3,000 state legislators-
8 members and 30 full-time staff members; and
9 WHEREAS, The 300 foundations, companies and private sector
10 members of ALEC form a vital public-private partnership that has
11 stimulated a bounty of innovation and activity at the state
12 level to the immense benefit of the citizens of this nation; and
13 WHEREAS, ALEC has created vital public policy laboratories
14 for the development of policy strategies and model legislation
15 for dissemination to the states through its nine national task
16 forces on:
17 (1) Commerce and Economic Development;
18 (2) Civil Justice;
19 (3) Criminal justice;
20 (4) Education;
21 (5) Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and
22 Agriculture;
23 (6) Health and Human Services;
24 (7) Tax and Fiscal Policy;
25 (8) Telecommunications and Information Technology; and
26 (9) Trade and Transportation;
27 and
28 WHEREAS, ALEC has provided a forum for innovation and
29 communication among its member states through its task forces,
30 publications and cooperative public-private efforts to reach
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1 common-sense, results-oriented policies; and
2 WHEREAS, During its first 25 years, ALEC has performed an
3 immeasurable service to the people of this nation by preserving
4 for all the opportunity to be effective participants in the
5 greatest representative democracy on the face of the earth;
6 therefore be it
7 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate the
8 American Legislative Exchange Council on the occasion of its
9 25th Anniversary and express its heartfelt gratitude for this
10 outstanding organization's exemplary record of public service to
11 its constituent states; and be it further
12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives extend its best
13 wishes to the American Legislative Exchange Council for a long
14 and productive future.
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