Full Text of HJR0095 93rd General Assembly
HJ0095 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The General Assembly takes pride in recognizing | 3 |
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accomplishments and contributions of Illinois officials | 4 |
| and citizens; and
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| WHEREAS, The late Senator Paul Simon's success in politics | 6 |
| began with the reformer's zeal he evidenced at the Troy | 7 |
| Tribune, where he was a crusading owner-editor, the nation's | 8 |
| youngest newspaper owner, before he was old enough to vote; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Senator Simon served eight years in the House of | 10 |
| Representatives; he married Jeanne Hurley of Wilmette in 1960, | 11 |
| becoming the first husband-and-wife team in the history of the | 12 |
| Illinois General Assembly; she preceded him in death in 2000; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, As a legislator, he was chief sponsor of the law | 15 |
| that required governmental agencies at all levels to open their | 16 |
| meetings to the public and the news media; he voluntarily | 17 |
| disclosed his personal finances in his first race for the State | 18 |
| legislature - long before any disclosure was required - and | 19 |
| continued baring his finances in more detail than the law | 20 |
| required throughout his political career; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, In 1968, voters elected Republican Richard | 22 |
| Ogilvie as Governor and Democrat Paul Simon as Lieutenant | 23 |
| Governor, the only time in Illinois history that voters would | 24 |
| pair politicians of different parties for those offices; as | 25 |
| Lieutenant Governor, he held town meetings throughout the State | 26 |
| to field complaints about State government; following his term | 27 |
| as Lieutenant Governor, he started the public affairs reporting | 28 |
| program at Sangamon State University, now the University of | 29 |
| Illinois at Springfield; and | 30 |
| WHEREAS, In 1974, Senator Simon was elected to the U.S. |
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| House of Representatives, serving 10 years until winning | 2 |
| election to the U.S. Senate; he held the seat for 12 years | 3 |
| before retiring in 1997; he helped overhaul the federal student | 4 |
| loan program to enable students and their families to borrow | 5 |
| directly from the government;
he advocated for liberal causes | 6 |
| and increased funding for social programs, but he also | 7 |
| campaigned for a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. | 8 |
| Constitution; he was known to be a man of integrity and a voice | 9 |
| for the less fortunate; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Following his retirement from the U.S. Senate, | 11 |
| Senator Simon took up teaching, writing, and heading the Public | 12 |
| Policy Institute, a think tank which he founded at Southern | 13 |
| Illinois University Carbondale; he married Patricia Derge in | 14 |
| 2001; he is the recipient of several honorary degrees and other | 15 |
| accolades; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 18 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that in honor of his many | 19 |
| contributions to the citizens of the State of Illinois and this | 20 |
| great Nation, the portion of Illinois Route 162 in Troy | 21 |
| commencing at its intersection with U.S. 40 and ending at its | 22 |
| intersection with Formosa Road is hereby designated the Paul | 23 |
| Simon Parkway; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 25 |
| presented to the Secretary of the
Illinois Department of | 26 |
| Transportation and the family of Senator Paul Simon.
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