Bill Text: OH SCR17 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To urge Congress to pass the "American Jobs Act of

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-10-04 - To Ways & Means & Economic Development [SCR17 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-SCR17-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

S. C. R. No. 17

Senator Cafaro 

Cosponsors: Senators Brown, Sawyer, Skindell, Schiavoni 

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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

To urge Congress to pass the "American Jobs Act of

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2011."

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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):

WHEREAS, The economic security of the nation and particularly	3
the middle class relies on our country being able to rebuild the	4
economy in a balanced and fair way and to help the high percentage	5
of people in Ohio and the United States who are unemployed; and	6

WHEREAS, The "American Jobs Act of 2011" creates pathways	7
back to work for Ohioans and all Americans looking for jobs and	8
proposes to rebuild the nation's economy by creating jobs of the	9
future, helping small business entrepreneurs, investing in	10
education, and by manufacturing items that the world buys; and	11

WHEREAS, By cutting payroll taxes for 200,000 firms in Ohio,	12
the Act will help the state's small businesses to hire more	13
employees and grow their businesses; and	14

WHEREAS, The Act will provide over $1 billion to the state to	15
support up to 14,200 jobs for educators and first responders in	16
Ohio; and	17

WHEREAS, The Act will rebuild and modernize Ohio's	18
infrastructure by investing at least $1 billion in the state's	19
highway, transit, rail, and aviation systems and thereby putting	20
at least 13,700 Ohio workers back on the job; and	21

WHEREAS, The Act's over $985 million investment in school	22
infrastructure in the state will modernize and upgrade Ohio's	23
public schools, improve classrooms, and create as many as 12,800	24
Ohio jobs; and	25

WHEREAS, The approximately $577 million available through the	26
Act for community revitalization in Ohio will put construction	27
workers on the job rehabilitating vacant homes and businesses,	28
including the many homes and businesses that underwent	29
foreclosures; and	30

WHEREAS, Community college facilities in Ohio could benefit	31
from the over $148 million the Act could provide to the state for	32
modernization of these local institutions which will ensure that	33
they have the facilities and equipment to address the workforce	34
demands of the highly technical and growing fields of today's	35
workplace; and	36

WHEREAS, The Act's proposals to reform the unemployment	37
insurance system by extending unemployment insurance to assist the	38
unemployed with the transition to the workplace, help the	39
long-term unemployed in Ohio to return to work, and prevent the	40
80,000 Ohioans looking for work from losing benefits in the first	41
six weeks of unemployment; and	42

WHEREAS, The Act will provide tax relief for Ohio workers and	43
families by expanding the payroll tax cut, and as proposed through	44
the Pathways Back to Work Fund, could place over 5,000 adults and	45
over 10,000 youth in Ohio in jobs through opportunities to work in	46
growth industries and obtain needed training there; and	47

WHEREAS, The "American Jobs Act of 2011" is fully paid for as	48
part of President Barack Obama's long-term deficit reduction	49
program; and	50

WHEREAS, To get the nation's economy moving now, Congress	51
should pass the Act without delay; now therefore be it	52

RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly	53
of the State of Ohio, urge the President Pro Tempore of the United	54
States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of	55
Representatives, and the Congress of the United States to pass the	56
"American Jobs Act of 2011"; and be it further	57

RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly	58
authenticated copies of this resolution to the President Pro	59
Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and	60
Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, the President	61
of the United States, the members of the Ohio Congressional	62
delegation, and the news media of Ohio.	63