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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are pleased to honor our
esteemed colleague, |
| 4 | | State Representative Edward Acevedo, on his 20 years as a |
| 5 | | member of the
Illinois General Assembly and to thank him for |
| 6 | | his dedicated service to his State and his
community; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Representative Acevedo was born and raised in the |
| 8 | | district he represents and where he
raised his five sons; he |
| 9 | | earned his degree from Harold Washington College, was educated |
| 10 | | at the
Academy of the Cook County Sheriff's Department and the |
| 11 | | Academy of the Chicago Police
Department, and has served the |
| 12 | | State and the City of Chicago as a police officer; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Representative Acevedo was decorated for heroism, |
| 14 | | receiving the Award of Valor
from the Cook County Sheriff's |
| 15 | | Office for rescuing victims trapped in a fire; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Representative Acevedo was first elected to the |
| 17 | | Illinois House of Representatives in
1997, and is the longest |
| 18 | | serving Latino member of the Illinois General Assembly; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Representative Acevedo secured millions of |
| 20 | | dollars in funding for programs and
organizations within the |
| 21 | | Second Representative District, including the Instituto Health |
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| 1 | | Sciences Career
Academy (IHSCA), which is the first dedicated |
| 2 | | career academy in the State; La Casa, which is the
first |
| 3 | | off-campus student housing with the benefits of on-campus |
| 4 | | residence halls, near all major
universities in Chicago; he |
| 5 | | sponsored and led passage of the Kid Care Health Program, a |
| 6 | | low-cost
health insurance program for children, and the State |
| 7 | | Hispanic Employment Plan; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Representative Acevedo was the driving force |
| 9 | | behind legislation to grant temporary
driver's licenses to |
| 10 | | undocumented immigrants, making our roadways safer and |
| 11 | | creating better
drivers; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Representative Acevedo sponsored the Illinois |
| 13 | | Dream Act, historical legislation
designed to make |
| 14 | | scholarships, college savings, and prepaid tuition programs |
| 15 | | available to
undocumented students who graduated from Illinois |
| 16 | | high schools, providing opportunities for
students who would |
| 17 | | otherwise not be able to attend college; he has worked to be an |
| 18 | | advocate for the
enhancement of our children's education and he |
| 19 | | continues to push for legislation that will provide
the best |
| 20 | | educational experience for all Illinois children; and
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| 21 | | WHEREAS, All who served with Representative Acevedo will |
| 22 | | miss his tenacity and strong, quiet
but determined leadership |
| 23 | | to better the lives of the residents of his district and those |
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| 1 | | of the State of
Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 3 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 4 | | congratulate and honor State Representative
Edward Acevedo for |
| 5 | | his dedicated service as a member of the Illinois House of |
| 6 | | Representatives; and be it further
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| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 8 | | presented to Representative Acevedo as an
expression of our |
| 9 | | respect, esteem, and best wishes.
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