LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION urging Governor David A. Paterson to request
contracting agencies to maximize the creation of American jobs and
restore economic growth and opportunity by spending economic recovery
plan funds on products and services that both create jobs and help keep
Americans employed

WHEREAS, The economic downturn is having a critical impact on every day
Americans who are struggling to maintain or find jobs in an increasingly
difficult environment; and
WHEREAS, Those same Americans are the taxpayers that provide the
revenue needed to operate essential government services; and
WHEREAS, Congress and President Obama have adopted a taxpayer-spon-
sored economic recovery package that will provide billions of dollars to
help economically devastated cities and states immediately provide jobs
to millions of Americans through considerable infrastructure rebuilding,
green energy projects and other projects that will require manufactured
components; and
WHEREAS, Our taxpayer dollars should be spent to maximize the creation
of American jobs and to restore the economic vitality of our communi-
ties; and
WHEREAS, Any domestically produced products that are purchased with
economic recovery plan monies will immediately help struggling American
families and will help stabilize our greater economy; and
WHEREAS, Any economic recovery plan spending should, to every extent
possible, include a commitment from New York State to buy materials,
goods and services for projects from companies that are produced within
the United States, thus employing the very workers that pay the taxes
for the economic recovery plan spending in the first place; now, there-
fore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
urge Governor David A. Paterson to request contracting agencies to maxi-
mize the creation of American jobs and restore economic growth and
opportunity by spending economic recovery plan funds on products and
services that both create jobs and help keep Americans employed; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause further to urge such agen-
cies to purchase only products and services that are made or performed
in the United States of America whenever and wherever possible with any
economic recovery monies provided to New York State by the American
taxpayers; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to The Honorable David A. Paterson, Governor of the State of New
York.