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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Residents of the 16th District and across |
| 3 | | Illinois are among the many beneficiaries of Senator |
| 4 | | Jacqueline Y. Collins' 20 years of service in the Illinois |
| 5 | | Senate; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Collins was born in McComb, Mississippi and |
| 7 | | moved to the South Side neighborhood of Englewood when she was |
| 8 | | a child; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Collins majored in Journalism at |
| 10 | | Northwestern University, is a graduate of Harvard's John F. |
| 11 | | Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Divinity School, and |
| 12 | | earned her Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School |
| 13 | | of Law; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Collins is a proud member of The Faith |
| 15 | | Community of Saint Sabina Church; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, A former journalist and Emmy award-nominated |
| 17 | | editor at CBS, Sen. Collins has used her experience to support |
| 18 | | a progressive agenda to create economic and social welfare |
| 19 | | policies that reduce inequality, expand opportunity, and |
| 20 | | strengthen communities; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Collins' major legislative accomplishments |
| 2 | | include making Illinois the first in the Midwest to ban "ghost |
| 3 | | guns", the historic Predatory Loan Prevention Act, the |
| 4 | | Illinois Community Reinvestment Act, the Mortgage Rescue Fraud |
| 5 | | Act, the landmark Sudan Divestment Act, and the 2005 Payday |
| 6 | | Loan Reform Act; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Collins served as chair of the Senate |
| 8 | | Criminal Law Committee and served on the Senate Financial |
| 9 | | Institutions and Transportation Committees; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Collins has served in leadership positions |
| 11 | | for the Illinois Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017 as |
| 12 | | Majority Caucus Whip, Deputy Majority Caucus Chair, and |
| 13 | | finally as Assistant Majority Leader; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Sen. Collins is retiring her seat in the Illinois |
| 15 | | Senate after nearly 20 years of public service but will |
| 16 | | continue to be an active advocate on behalf of her community; |
| 17 | | therefore, be it
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL |
| 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we thank Senator |
| 20 | | Jacqueline Y. Collins for her service and devotion to her |
| 21 | | community and the people of Illinois; and be it further
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