Full Text of HR0139 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate our friend and | 4 | | colleague, Illinois State Representative Susana Mendoza, for | 5 | | being elected to serve as Chicago City Clerk; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mendoza was born in Chicago to | 7 | | Joaquin and Susana Mendoza, who had emigrated from Mexico in | 8 | | the 1960s; her family moved from Chicago to Bolingbrook when | 9 | | she was a child; after graduating from Bolingbrook High School | 10 | | in 1990, where she earned All-State and All-Midwest honors in | 11 | | varsity soccer, she attended Truman State University in | 12 | | Kirksville, Missouri on a soccer and academic scholarship, | 13 | | where she earned All-Midwest honors in soccer and earned her | 14 | | bachelor's degree in business administration in 1994; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mendoza was elected to serve in the | 16 | | Illinois House of Representatives in 2000 at the age of 28, | 17 | | making her the youngest member of the 92nd Illinois General | 18 | | Assembly; she was elected to her sixth term as Illinois State | 19 | | Representative in November of 2010, a testament to her great | 20 | | dedication to the citizens of her district; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, During her tenure with the Illinois House of | 22 | | Representatives, Representative Mendoza has served as Chairman |
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| 1 | | of the International Trade and Commerce Committee, | 2 | | Vice-Chairman of the Bio-Technology Committee, and member of | 3 | | the Labor, Public Utilities, and Railroad Industry Committees; | 4 | | she has also served as Co-Chairwoman of the Conference of Women | 5 | | Legislators and was a co-founder of the first Illinois | 6 | | Legislative Latino Caucus; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mendoza won the election for | 8 | | Chicago City Clerk in the February 22, 2011 election with over | 9 | | 60% of the vote, making her the first woman to be elected to | 10 | | the position; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mendoza will undoubtedly serve the | 12 | | citizens of Chicago with the same dedication and integrity that | 13 | | she has given to the citizens of the 1st House District; | 14 | | therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we congratulate Illinois State Representative Susana Mendoza | 18 | | for her success, thank her for her service to the people of the | 19 | | State of Illinois, and wish her success and happiness in her | 20 | | future endeavors; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to Representative Susana Mendoza as a symbol of our |
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| 1 | | esteem and respect.
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