[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 14 (Thursday, February 10, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S1307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 47--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE COMMENDING 
 CIVILIAN EMPLOYERS OF MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED 
 FORCES FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF MEMBERS WHO ARE CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY AND 
               FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE MEMBERS' FAMILIES

  Mr. BAYH submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Armed Services:

                               S. Res. 47

       Whereas, over 450,000 members of the reserve components of 
     the Armed Force have been called to active duty between 
     September 11, 2001, and February of 2005, and have had to 
     leave their families and employers to serve and protect their 
     country;
       Whereas, the reservists called to active duty provide 
     critical support of United States military operations abroad 
     by serving as engineers, medics, military police, and civil 
     affairs specialists, and in other military specialities;
       Whereas, more than half of all reservists are married, and 
     about half of them have children or other dependents;
       Whereas, extended active-duty service in the performance of 
     critical national security missions abroad has required 
     reservists to make significant sacrifices, in time spent away 
     from their family and, in some cases, loss of income;
       Whereas, the business community in the United States has 
     played a crucial role in supporting our reservists by 
     providing significant financial assistance for reservists 
     ordinarily in their workforce who experience a reduction in 
     income due to extended active-duty service;
       Whereas, this financial support by civilian employers makes 
     it possible, in many cases, for the families of reservists to 
     meet daily expenses associated with raising children and 
     attaining the American dream;
       Whereas the business community continues to provide this 
     critical assistance so that the Nation's reservists may serve 
     their country without worrying about the financial condition 
     of their family; and
       Whereas the following Indiana employers, among others, 
     provide assistance to their employees when, as reservists, 
     they are called to active duty, and the employers deserve 
     public recognition for their role in supporting our troops: 
     Eli Lilly and Company, Cummins, Inc., Guidant Corporation, 
     Alcoa, Inc., ConAgra Foods, Inc., CSX Corporation, Daimler 
     Chrysler, Delphi Technologies, Inc., The Dow Chemical 
     Company, FedEx Corporation, General Dynamics Corporation, 
     Raytheon Company, General Electric Company, American 
     International Group, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 
     Pfizer, Inc., United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Smiths 
     Group plc, Honeywell International, Inc., and Am General, 
     LLC: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) the members of the reserve components of the Armed 
     Forces and the businesses that ordinarily employ them are a 
     cornerstone of the United States' successful prosecution of 
     the war on terror, and the Federal Government should take 
     steps to assist businesses that are providing this critical 
     support to the citizen-soldiers among their employees who are 
     away in the military service of the United States;
       (2) the business community deserves the Nation's gratitude 
     for the role it continues to perform in supporting the 
     members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, their 
     families, and this Nation; and
       (3) the appropriate officials of the Federal Government 
     should carefully review the adverse effects of mobilizations 
     and demobilizations of the reserve components on the 
     community of employers within the United States.

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