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2019 -- S 0036 Enacted 01/16/2019 |
S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N |
RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE HONORABLE DONALD J. TRUMP, AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS END THEIR IMPASSE AND REACH A DEAL TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT |
Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, McCaffrey, Lombardi, Metts, and Satchell |
Date Introduced: January 16, 2019 |
WHEREAS, Since December 22 of 2018, the United States Government has been |
partially closed due to an impasse between President Trump and the United States Congress, |
affecting nine executive departments, one-fourth of government activities, and 800,000 thousand |
federal employees, including hundreds of Rhode Islanders. The current impasse has surpassed the |
twenty-three day shutdown of 1995-1996; and |
WHEREAS, Important agencies negatively impacted by the shutdown include Food and |
Safety inspections and oversight with ninety-five percent of the USDA's Food and Nutrition |
Services being furloughed. Many of our national parks and national museums have been forced to |
operate without staff and with the closing of all buildings. At Yosemite National Park, a death |
due to a fall went unreported for a week due to the lack of staff. Additionally, many airline and |
aircraft safety workers have been furloughed and our nation's air traffic controllers are currently |
working without pay; and |
WHEREAS, According to a study by WalletHub, Rhode Island is the 11th most affected |
state in the nation by the shutdown and the most impacted state in New England. Sadly, 42,000 |
Coast Guard service personnel, including many Rhode Islanders, are currently not getting paid |
and are struggling to pay bills and put food on the table. The workers for Rhode Island companies |
that build ships for the Coast Guard are also not getting paid; now, therefore be it |
RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
hereby respectfully requests that the President of the United States and the United States |
Congress come together and do what's best for our nation by reaching a deal to end the current |
partial federal government shutdown; and be it further |
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, Donald J. |
Trump, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, the Majority |
Leader of the United States Senate, Mitch McConnell, and the Rhode Island delegation to the |
United States Congress. |
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