MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2004 Regular Session

To: Rules

By: Representative Lott, Akins, Chism, Fillingane, Hamilton (6th), Mayhall, Moore, Rogers (14th)

House Resolution 55

A RESOLUTION PETITIONING THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 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 United States and world economy; and

     WHEREAS, the United States can not 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 in Boston and Kansas City; and

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

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That the House of Representatives requests that the representatives and senators from our state 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.

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be furnished to Mississippi's Congressional Delegation and to the members of the Capitol Press Corps.