IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 207 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding establishing 
a National Strategic Agenda. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 16, 2015 
Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. BERA, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. RODNEY 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Mr. ASHFORD, 
Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. PETERS, Mr. DOLD, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. 
LOEBSACK, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, Mr. DENT, 
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. 
COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. HIMES, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, 
Mr. RIGELL, and Mr. FATTAH) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition 
to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, 
and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 
regarding establishing a National Strategic Agenda. 
Whereas the United States needs its leaders to pursue poli-
cies in the Nation’s interest that are of the utmost na-
tional priorities; 
Whereas the United States faces many fiscal and long-term 
policy challenges that not only threaten its citizen’s op-
portunities, hopes, and aspirations but its overall ability 
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to be a world leader bringing peace and stability around 
the world; 
Whereas the United States needs its leaders to unite behind 
common goals and concrete solutions to create the next 
generation of growth and opportunity; 
Whereas a National Strategic Agenda can provide a long- 
term vision and priority list for the Nation’s future ori-
ented around common goals, that does not exist in the 
Federal Government today; 
Whereas adopting a National Strategic Agenda would bring 
a long-term vision to a policymaking process that has be-
come too often dominated by short-term political consid-
erations; 
Whereas a National Strategic Agenda can provide a con-
sistent framework and focus the Federal Government’s 
attention on the most urgent problems facing the Nation; 
Whereas millions of people in the United States are currently 
seeking employment opportunities to improve their lives 
and provide a better future for their children; 
Whereas the Federal debt is higher as a percentage of GDP 
than any time since World War II and will be an 
unsustainable burden on future generations if left 
unaddressed; 
Whereas the Social Security and Medicare benefits that mil-
lions of people in the United States have earned must be 
preserved and protected; 
Whereas a fiscally responsible solution to secure these pro-
grams for future generations is needed now as waiting 
longer will further jeopardize the ability to do so; 
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Whereas the United States can become energy secure by pur-
suing an all-of-the-above energy plan that includes more 
affordable and sustainable domestic energy sources, in-
creasing energy efficiency, and building a more reliable 
and resilient system for energy generation and trans-
mission for the future; and 
Whereas the creation and implementation of a new National 
Strategic Agenda for the United States will require the 
participation of both the legislative and executive branch 
along with agreement from all parties to work together: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the four goals of the National Strategic 
Agenda are to— 
(A) create 25,000,000 new jobs over the 
next 10 years; 
(B) balance the Federal budget by 2030; 
(C) secure Medicare and Social Security 
for the next 75 years; and 
(D) make the United States energy secure 
by 2024; 
(2) the House of Representatives should strive 
to create, debate, and adopt policy solutions to 
achieve the four goals of the National Strategic 
Agenda to address the national interest and prior-
ities represented by the agenda; and 
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(3) in achieving success toward the National 
Strategic Agenda, the goal of the House of Rep-
resentatives should be to find solutions reached 
through collaboration, not division, mutual respect, 
not partisan bickering, and a commitment to honor 
its public duty to the Nation as duly elected rep-
resentatives of the people we each represent in con-
gressional districts across the United States. 
Æ 
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