[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19174]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 118--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS 
THAT, AS A MATTER OF ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY, THE UNITED STATES 
      GOVERNMENT SHOULD PROTECT AND SUPPORT UNITED STATES CURRENCY

  Mr. COBURN submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:

                            S. Con. Res. 118

       Whereas the United States dollar, as the world's reserve 
     currency, is one of our country's greatest assets;
       Whereas the strength and integrity of the United States 
     dollar provides the United States with economic stability and 
     national security;
       Whereas any threat or change to the status of the dollar as 
     a world reserve currency would be costly to the United States 
     Treasury and could cause national economic instability;
       Whereas international counterfeiting of the dollar is on 
     the rise and currency counterfeiting has reportedly been used 
     to finance rogue governments and terrorism;
       Whereas on January 26, 2006, President Bush made a strong 
     commitment to protect the currency of the United States from 
     counterfeiting by the North Korean regime or any other 
     adversarial regime or organization; and
       Whereas every dollar issued by the United States Government 
     is meant to be representative of the strength and solidarity 
     of this great nation: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that, as a 
     matter of economic and national security, the United States 
     Government should provide the currency of the United States 
     with the protection and support necessary to defend its 
     integrity throughout the world, effectively deter 
     counterfeiting, and preserve the status of the dollar as the 
     world's reserve currency.

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