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A Resolution of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pledging the efforts of Allegheny County to spend economic recovery plan funds on products and services that both create jobs and help keep Americans employed, purchase products and services that are made or performed within the United States to the extent possible with economic recovery funds, and publish any request to waive these procurement priorities.
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WHEREAS, the economic downturn is having a critical impact on everyday 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 are planning a taxpayer-sponsored economic recovery package that will provide billions of dollars to help economically devastated cities and states
immediately provide jobs to millions of out-of-work 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
restoring the economic vitality of our communities; 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 local and state governments 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;
The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. Allegheny County pledges that it will work to ma...
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