Speech #1050021277

ItsSOLUTrON CR10150 THE PRIDt~ENlT OF THE UrNrA STATES ANDr THri UNITEtD STxAS CONGR ES TO P.&=oa] M&R~AL Fl~nino DslEfrt TO ILaoAL b orAvnn RZ61DINo IN m".r UNrMx STAaF WAheicas. In August of Ntneteen Hundred and NinetysMx. the United States Congress enacted the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunlty Reconciliation Act of 1996. socalled: and Ahereas. Congress In said Act forbade us of Federal funds to provide benefits for finuncilly needy Immigrants lawfully residIng in the United Stat%.. and Whereas. legal Iminkuti Day taxes and contribute in many ways to the productivity and vitality of our conmimuities. and Whereas. the United States was founded and built by Imml grn i. and Whereas. because Congress has abdicated Its financial responsIblIlty. the financial burden of the action by Congress falls unfairly on the States and needy residentO of the States: now therefore be It Reselred. That the Messachusetta Senate respectfully requests that the President and the Congress or the United States restore to the States the authority to provide Federally funded benefits to needy. lawful restdrfw of the United States. and be it further R ued. That the Masachusetts Senate respectfully requests that the United States Congress and the President restore to the Commonwealth adequate Federal funding to allow for the provision of ijneflts for fliancdally needy Immigrants lawfully residing in this Commonwealth. and be It further Resubuid. That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted forthwith by the Clerk Ol the Senate to the President of the United States of America. the Presiding Officer of each branch of the United States Congress. and each member of the Mawachusetts Congressional Delegation.