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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The People's Republic of China is an adversary of |
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the United States, possessing authoritarian ideologies and social |
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credit programs that threaten the peace, freedom, and democracy |
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America has long defended across the world; and |
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WHEREAS, the Chinese Communist Party covered up the existence |
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and downplayed the seriousness of COVID-19, silencing journalists |
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and scientists who attempted to share information about China's |
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involvement in the origins of COVID-19, as well as ordering the |
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destruction of laboratory samples and research regarding COVID-19 |
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in January 2020; and |
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WHEREAS, The Chinese Wuhan Municipal Health Commission |
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waited nearly a month to inform world authorities of the COVID-19 |
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outbreak which originated from that region and was likely created |
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in a Chinese laboratory; and |
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WHEREAS, The Chinese Communist Party continues to spy on the |
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United States, recently evident in the Chinese surveillance balloon |
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that flew across the continental United States in violation of |
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international law; and |
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WHEREAS, The People's Republic of China has stood against our |
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interests by stealing invaluable intellectual property; and |
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WHEREAS, The Chinese Communist Party continues to exert |
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concerning influence in Texas agriculture and other sectors by |
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purchasing large parcels of agricultural land throughout the State, |
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posing a risk to the security of the United States and the State of |
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Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, The People's Republic of China continues to |
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perpetrate unacceptable persecution of minority groups in its |
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borders, namely their abuses and crimes perpetrated against the |
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Uyghurs; and |
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WHEREAS, on April 30, 2019, a Chinese court falsified charges |
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against Texan Mark Swidan and sentenced him to death, an action that |
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has widely been considered hostage diplomacy; and |
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WHEREAS, Chinese manufacturers are responsible for producing |
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the majority of the illicit fentanyl imported by transnational |
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cartels into the United States, with fentanyl being the leading |
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cause of death for Americans aged between 18 and 45; and |
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WHEREAS, 379 million deadly doses of fentanyl were seized by |
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U.S. authorities in 2022, enough to kill every American man, woman, |
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and child; and |
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WHEREAS, Rather than cooperate with U.S. officials to curb |
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the production and exportation of chemicals used in fentanyl |
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production, the Chinese Communist Party has turned a blind eye to |
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the trafficking of fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances via |
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international mail and express consignment carriers; now, |
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therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby condemn the Chinese Communist Party for their transgressions |
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against the United States and the State of Texas, including their |
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creation of an international pandemic, repeated violations of |
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international law, and direct involvement in the American fentanyl |
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crisis; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas Secretary of State forward official |
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copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, to |
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the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of |
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Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all members |
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of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this |
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resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a |
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memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |