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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Indigency has been a persistent social problem |
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| throughout history
and has reached an intolerable level |
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| throughout our country; and
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| WHEREAS, People in urban, suburban, and rural areas of |
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| Illinois experience
indigency, proving that it is not just a |
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| big city problem; and
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| WHEREAS, Each year sees an increase in the number of deaths |
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| among those who
lack funds to provide the barest essentials of |
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| life; and
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| WHEREAS, Bitter cold winters and extremely hot summers have |
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| cost the lives of
those individuals who simply could not afford |
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| heating or air coolants and died
from exposure; and
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| WHEREAS, In remembering those who have died, we must reach |
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| out to help those
in need; the extent to which our society can |
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| counter the effects of indigency
is a good measure of its |
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| humaneness; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we proclaim Wednesday, May 24, 2006, as "We Remember, We Care |
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| for Indigent Persons Day in Illinois", and that we urge all |
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| citizens to observe, inform themselves of, and support efforts |
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| to care for the indigent; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Fr. Larry Janezic, OFM, Director of the Memorial |
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| Ministry of Indigent Persons.
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