07 LC 36
0559
House
Resolution 688
By:
Representatives Coan of the
101st,
Reese of the
98th,
Cox of the
102nd,
Forster of the
3rd,
Byrd of the
20th,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Urging
the United States Congress to withdraw the United States from the Security and
Prosperity Partnership of North America and from any other bilateral or
multilateral activity that seeks the economic merger of the United States with
any other country; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
President George W. Bush announced the formation of the Security and Prosperity
Partnership of North America with the nations of Mexico and Canada on
March 23, 2005; and
WHEREAS,
at a news conference on the same day, President Bush said: "So that the vision
that you asked about in your question as to what kind of union might there be, I
see one based upon free trade, that would then entail commitment to markets and
democracy, transparency, rule of law"; and
WHEREAS,
the gradual evolution of a North American partnership into some "kind of union"
or economic merger of the United States, Mexico, and Canada would be a direct
threat to the Constitution and national independence of the United States and
would imply an eventual end to national borders within North America;
and
WHEREAS,
on March 31, 2006, President Bush at Cancun, Mexico, celebrated the first
anniversary of the Security and Prosperity Partnership, confirmed by a White
House news release on that same date; and
WHEREAS,
this trilateral partnership to develop any kind of North American merger has
never been presented to Congress as an agreement or treaty and has had virtually
no congressional oversight; and
WHEREAS,
state and local governments throughout the United States would be negatively
impacted by the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America process,
such as the "open borders" vision of the Security and Prosperity Partnership,
eminent domain takings of private property along planned superhighways, and
increased law enforcement problems along those superhighways.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body urge the United States Congress, especially the congressional
delegation from Georgia, to use all its efforts, energies, and diligence to
withdraw the United States from any further participation in the Security and
Prosperity Partnership of North America and any similar bilateral or
multilateral activity, however named, that seeks to advance, authorize, or fund
or in any way promote the creation of any structure or relationship to
accomplish any form of North American integration or merger.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Vice
President Dick Cheney, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Nancy Pelosi, and each member of the Georgia congressional delegation.