Full Text of HR0913 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Representative Raymond Poe was born in Lincoln on | 3 | | March 26, 1944 to a family
that was producing food for World | 4 | | War II and raising children for the challenging world that | 5 | | would follow
victory in the war; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Although Rep. Poe graduated from DeVry Institute | 7 | | of Technology in Chicago in 1963, he
has always put Central | 8 | | Illinois and its farm heritage first, returning to Sangamon | 9 | | County to take on the
increasingly challenging demands of | 10 | | modern agriculture; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, As devoted to agriculture as Rep. Poe was, he has | 12 | | dedicated his life to serving his
neighbors; he served as a | 13 | | member and eventually as President of the Williamsville School | 14 | | Board and as President
of his local farm bureau and Lincolnland | 15 | | Farm Supply; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, On March 15, 1994, the Republican voters of the | 17 | | 99th Representative District chose Rep.
Poe to be their | 18 | | candidate as a challenger for a seat in the Illinois
House of | 19 | | Representatives; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, As a freshman candidate on November 8, 1994, Rep. | 21 | | Poe was elected to the Illinois
House of Representatives, |
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| 1 | | becoming a member of the 99th General Assembly and beginning | 2 | | what would be the first of 11
terms of office as an elected | 3 | | State lawmaker; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, As a member of the House majority and then the | 5 | | minority, Rep. Poe has always worked
to bring all sides | 6 | | together so that important issues can be discussed; he served | 7 | | for many years
as a member, and eventually as Co-Chairman, of a | 8 | | key General Assembly Joint Committee, the
Commission on | 9 | | Government Forecasting and Accountability, reflecting the high | 10 | | and increasing respect
granted to him by members of both | 11 | | political parties and both chambers of the Illinois General | 12 | | Assembly; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Poe became famous around the Capitol and | 14 | | throughout the State for his barbecue,
which in recent years | 15 | | has become a staple of long session days each spring; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, As both a farmer and an expert in agricultural | 17 | | policy, Rep. Poe, upon taking office, was appointed to
the | 18 | | House Agriculture and Conservation Committee; he returned to | 19 | | this panel in 2013 in the 99th General Assembly, widely | 20 | | respected by
the entire farming and agricultural community for | 21 | | his patient expertise; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, The House of Representatives was brought to both |
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| 1 | | joy and sadness in November of 2015
by the news that one of its | 2 | | most respected members, the 11-term Rep. Poe of Sangamon
| 3 | | County, would be moving on as the newly-appointed Director of | 4 | | the Illinois Department of Agriculture; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives will | 6 | | miss Rep. Poe as a friend; we will miss the generosity of
him | 7 | | and his family; and most of all, we will miss the shining | 8 | | example of moral and physical courage that
he has demonstrated | 9 | | to his neighbors, friends, and colleagues over the course of | 10 | | his career
and in the years of 2014 and 2015; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Although we recognize that Rep. Poe is and always | 12 | | will be our friend, we also know that
foremost in his heart are | 13 | | the members of his family: his wife, Carol, his children, his | 14 | | grandchildren, and
his beloved mother, Sarah, to whom this | 15 | | House earlier this year wished a happy 99th birthday; | 16 | | therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | that we commend the Honorable Raymond Poe for his service to | 20 | | the Illinois House of
Representatives; and be it further | 21 | | RESOLVED, That we congratulate Rep. Poe upon his selection | 22 | | as Director of the Illinois Department
of Agriculture, with the |
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| 1 | | knowledge that Illinois farmers can have no better friend in a | 2 | | challenging time;
and be it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That we urge Director Poe to visit the Illinois | 4 | | House of Representatives often, to share the priorities of his
| 5 | | Department and to share his family recipe for fried chicken; | 6 | | and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to | 8 | | the Honorable Raymond Poe and his wife, Carol
Poe.
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