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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 to 2021, the | ||||||
| 3 | Illinois House of Representatives has, for healthcare and | ||||||
| 4 | distancing reasons, convened its active session work in the | ||||||
| 5 | Bank of Springfield Center; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, During this time, the in-person segment of the | ||||||
| 7 | staff support of the House has been conducted by a skeleton | ||||||
| 8 | crew of tireless men and women; this tiny group of individuals | ||||||
| 9 | has performed work far beyond the call of duty; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, While all of the in-person staffers of the | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois House deserve special commendation for their labor, | ||||||
| 12 | one individual deserves special notice for their actions on | ||||||
| 13 | Sunday, January 10, 2021; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, On that day, the Illinois House having reconvened | ||||||
| 15 | in the Bank of Springfield Center, then-Representative Darren | ||||||
| 16 | Bailey needed immediate attention; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Because of the physical setup of the temporary | ||||||
| 18 | Illinois House, everyone was far apart from everyone else; | ||||||
| 19 | fortunately, one of the few people physically close to | ||||||
| 20 | then-Representative Bailey was Assistant Doorkeeper Wayne | ||||||
| 21 | Padget; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Staying calm and focused during a time of | ||||||
| 2 | confusion, Assistant Doorkeeper Padget swiftly retrieved an | ||||||
| 3 | automated external defibrillator (AED) device for immediate | ||||||
| 4 | use; under a different course of events and if this AED needed | ||||||
| 5 | to have been used, this action could have saved the life of a | ||||||
| 6 | State representative; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, When this incident occurred, many around | ||||||
| 8 | Representative Bailey called for immediate medical assistance | ||||||
| 9 | from trained emergency responders, and a crew from EMT | ||||||
| 10 | Ambulance quickly responded to the call; Assistant Doorkeeper | ||||||
| 11 | Padget directed the ambulance staff to the stricken lawmaker | ||||||
| 12 | so he could be placed on a stretcher for transport to a place | ||||||
| 13 | of medical care and assistance; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Then-Representative Bailey has served out the | ||||||
| 15 | final days of his House term with the best wishes of his former | ||||||
| 16 | colleagues, and he has moved on to a new term in the Senate of | ||||||
| 17 | the General Assembly of the State of Illinois; therefore, be | ||||||
| 18 | it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 20 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 21 | we commend Assistant Doorkeeper Wayne Padget of the Illinois | ||||||
| 22 | House of Representatives for his quick thinking and decisive | ||||||
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| 1 | action on the House floor on January 10, 2021 and for his | ||||||
| 2 | unflinching dedication to the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives; and be it further
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| 4 | RESOLVED, That we also remember the work of our former | ||||||
| 5 | colleague, State Representative Joann Osmond, who made the | ||||||
| 6 | posting of AEDs in public places a key focus of her legislative | ||||||
| 7 | work in the Illinois House, culminating in the passage of | ||||||
| 8 | Public Act 93-910, the Physical Fitness Facility Medical | ||||||
| 9 | Emergency Preparedness Act, in 2004; and be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to Assistant Doorkeeper Padget as an expression of | ||||||
| 12 | our esteem and respect.
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