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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The recipient of the Joliet Region Chamber of
3 Commerce and Industry's annual "Salute to Accomplishment"
4 award for 2007 is the ExxonMobil Joliet Refinery; the award
5 will be presented at the Chamber's "Salute to Accomplishment"
6 dinner which will be held on February 8, 2007 in the Empress
7 Casino Ballroom; and
 
8     WHEREAS, ExxonMobil is celebrating its 35th year in the
9 Joliet area and is the 31st recipient of the award; and
 
10     WHEREAS, ExxonMobil today employs 600 people; at least 50
11 of their employees were working in 1972, when the plant first
12 began operations; and
 
13     WHEREAS, The Joliet Refinery of ExxonMobil processes
14 245,000 barrels of crude oil a day into 9 million gallons of
15 clean-burning gasoline and diesel fuel a day; and
 
16     WHEREAS, In 2006 ExxonMobil gave back to the community with
17 over 4,000 hours of volunteer time given by the employees; the
18 company gave more than $500,000 to educational, charitable, and
19 civic causes in the Joliet area; and in 2006 the company was
20 proud to have an injury-free workplace, an important plus to
21 the men and women who are employed by ExxonMobil; therefore, be

 

 

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2     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
4 congratulate the men and women of ExxonMobil on being named the
5 recipient of the Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce and
6 Industry's annual "Salute to Accomplishment" award; and be it
7 further
 
8     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to the ExxonMobil Joliet Refinery.