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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of former |
| 4 | | United States Representative Lane Evans, who passed away on |
| 5 | | November 5, 2014; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Lane Evans was born on August 4, |
| 7 | | 1951; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Representative Lane Evans was a graduate of |
| 9 | | Alleman High School in Rock Island; he subsequently earned |
| 10 | | degrees from Augustana College and Georgetown University Law |
| 11 | | Center; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Representative Lane Evans served his country with |
| 13 | | distinction in the United States Marine Corps from 1969 to |
| 14 | | 1977; during his stint in the military, he was posted in the |
| 15 | | United States and in Okinawa, Japan; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Representative Lane Evans served the citizens of |
| 17 | | the 17th Congressional District with pride as a member of the |
| 18 | | United States House of Representatives from 1982 to 2006; |
| 19 | | during his career as a Representative, he became well known by |
| 20 | | his constituents and peers as a man of the people who cared |
| 21 | | deeply for the well-being of his fellow veterans; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, As a ranking member of the House Committee on |
| 2 | | Veterans' Affairs, Representative Lane Evans advocated for |
| 3 | | veterans of the Vietnam War who were exposed to Agent Orange |
| 4 | | and helped them to receive compensation for their exposure to |
| 5 | | the chemical agents; he led efforts to increase funding for |
| 6 | | various veteran assistance programs and was among the first |
| 7 | | members of Congress to take on issues like post-traumatic |
| 8 | | stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, which have affected |
| 9 | | many veterans of the Iraq War; he also championed numerous |
| 10 | | other initiatives, including legislation to ban landmines and |
| 11 | | the fight to keep the Rock Island Arsenal open, and was lauded |
| 12 | | for his votes against the North American Free Trade Agreement, |
| 13 | | the Gulf War, and the Iraq War; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Representative Lane Evans is survived by his 3 |
| 15 | | brothers; therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 17 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 18 | | we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of |
| 19 | | former United States Representative Lane Evans; and be it |
| 20 | | further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 22 | | presented to the family of Representative Lane Evans as an |