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JOINT RESOLUTION ON THE SPENDING OF FEDERAL ECONOMIC RENEWAL GRANTS BY THE STATE OF MAINE
WHEREAS, the recent economic downturn is having a critical impact on everyday Americans who are struggling to maintain or find jobs in an increasingly difficult economic environment; and
WHEREAS,  those same Americans are the taxpayers that provide the revenue needed to operate essential government services; and
WHEREAS,  the United States Congress and President Barack H. Obama have passed a taxpayer-sponsored economic recovery package, known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; and
WHEREAS,  this recovery package will provide billions of dollars to help economically devastated cities and states and immediately provide jobs to millions of out-of-work Americans through considerable infrastructure rebuilding, green energy projects and other projects that will require manufactured components; and
WHEREAS,  our taxpayer dollars should be spent to maximize the creation of American jobs and to restore the economic vitality of all our communities; and
WHEREAS,  any economic recovery plan spending should include a commitment from the recipients of the spending plan funds in the State of Maine to comply with the requirements in the economic recovery package for buying materials, goods and services that are produced by companies within the United States; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That We, the Members of the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Legislature now assembled in the First Regular Session, on behalf of the people we represent, will work to further the goals of the American Relief and Recovery Act of 2009 and to maximize the creation of American jobs and to restore economic growth and opportunity by spending economic recovery plan funds on products and services that both create jobs and help keep Americans employed; and be it further
RESOLVED: That We, representing the people of the State, commit to purchasing with any economic recovery money provided to the State of Maine by the American taxpayers only products made and services provided in the United States, pursuant to the applicable requirements of the American Relief and Recovery Act of 2009.