HR 9081 2003
1	House Resolution
2	A resolution urging Floridians to forgo the use of French
3	wines for the duration of any action against Iraq.
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5	WHEREAS, French wines are luxuries enjoyed by many
6	Floridians and are symbolic of the close alliance enjoyed by the
7	United States and France that dates back to French support of
8	the American colonists during their struggle for independence
9	and includes the instrumental role of the United States in
10	ending the occupation of France during World War II, and
11	WHEREAS, for more than a decade, since the end of the
12	Persian Gulf War in 1991, Iraq has methodically stockpiled
13	weapons of mass destruction in direct defiance of United Nations
14	resolutions forbidding such actions, and
15	WHEREAS, President Bush and leaders of such allies as
16	England and Spain have exhibited marvelous diplomacy and
17	patience in their resolve to effect a peaceful enforcement of
18	these resolutions, only to have their efforts met with solid
19	resistance from Iraq, and
20	WHEREAS, French leadership has taken a determined stance
21	against United States policy in this matter, including an
22	official commitment to veto any resolution calling for military
23	action to curtail Iraq's amassing of dangerous chemical and
24	biological weapons, and
25	WHEREAS, United States troops and those of our allies are
26	worthy of the wholehearted support of all Americans during this
27	time of grave danger and uncertainty, NOW, THEREFORE,
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29	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
30	Florida:
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32	That the House of Representatives urges all Floridians to
33	forgo the use of French wines during the conflict with Iraq as
34	an expression of outrage against the blatant opposition of
35	French leadership to Allied efforts to enforce United Nations
36	resolutions forbidding development of arms by Iraq.