HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

11

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 
   


HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

REQUESTING THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT'S EFFORT TO PROTECT THE UNITED STATES FROM TERRORISTS AND THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

 

WHEREAS, in the immortal words of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, "when you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck before you crush him; and

WHEREAS, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, showed that new deadly challenges have emerged from rogue states and terrorists; and

WHEREAS, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction has fundamentally changed the nature of threats against the United States and our allies; and

WHEREAS, a coordinated chemical, biological, or nuclear attack against the United States or our allies will cost the lives of millions of innocent Americans and other individuals, as well as cause immeasurable damage to the U.S. and world economy; and

WHEREAS, the United States cannot wait patiently and allow radical regimes that support terrorism to acquire or manufacture illegal weapons of mass destruction and pass them on to terrorist organizations; and

WHEREAS, if the United States does not meet this terrorist threat in the streets of Baghdad and Kandahar, Americans will be forced to fight them on American soil; and

WHEREAS, President Bush has correctly stated that the United States has the right to defend the U.S. or our allies if the world community refuses to enforce the rule of law to deter or remove future threats from tyrannical regimes and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2004, that the House of Representatives of the State of Hawaii requests the Congressional delegation of the State of Hawaii to support President Bush and his efforts to keep the United States and our allies safe from terrorists, dangerous authoritarian regimes and weapons of mass destruction; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to each member of Hawaii's Congressional delegation.

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

Protection of United States from terrorists and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; support