HR18 HFA Armstead 3-4

Delegates Armstead, Porter, Cowles, Lane, Border, Blair, Overington, Shott, and J. Miller move to amend House Resolution 18 as follows:
On Page 2, Line 5, after the phrase "cities and states," by adding the phrase "and advocates believe will", and,
On Page 2, Line 11, after the phrase "American families and" by adding a comma and the phrase "supporters believe," and,
On Page 3, Line 8, after the phrase "nation's economic recovery program" by deleting the period and adding a semicolon, and further adding the following:
"and, be it
Further Resolved, That, because all West Virginians have the right to full and free disclosure of the manner in which their hard- earned tax dollars are used, all expenditures of funds provided to the State of West Virginia through the federal economic recovery program should be open and transparent, and should be publicized and made fully accessible to all citizens; and, be it
Further Resolved, That all economic stimulus funding should be expended in the most efficient and effective manner possible to either create or preserve jobs for West Virginia's citizens, and in a manner that will ensure that the West Virginia taxpayers will not be left with the burden of funding new or expanded programs in future years when the economic stimulus funding is no longer available to West Virginia from the federal government."