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Senate Resolution

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A resolution supporting the decision of the United States

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Air Force concerning the KC-45 Tanker Contract.

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     WHEREAS, after an extensive evaluation process, the United

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States Air Force awarded a 35-billion-dollar jet tanker contract

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to Northrop Grumman Corporation, and

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     WHEREAS, engineering and program management for the

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production of these vital military aircraft will be in Melbourne,

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Florida, creating more than 1,500 direct and indirect new jobs in

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our state, and

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     WHEREAS, efforts to overturn the decision of the United

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States Air Force concerning its detailed analysis of this

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project and contract could prove detrimental to our national

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security, and it is imperative that elected officials support

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the decisionmakers whom they entrust with these important

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determinations, and

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     WHEREAS, Florida workers are ready, able, and eager to begin

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constructing this aircraft that the U.S. Air Force has rated as

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superior in five out of five categories, NOW, THEREFORE,

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Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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     That the Senate supports the decision of the United States

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Air Force concerning the awarding of the KC-45 jet tanker

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contract and looks forward to the talented workers of the great

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State of Florida beginning work on this critically important

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project.