Full Text of HR1324 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate
Assistant Republican | 4 | | Leader and State Representative David Reis on his years of | 5 | | distinguished
service and hard work on behalf of the people of | 6 | | the State of Illinois; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Reis was born on September 15, 1964; he | 8 | | attended Jasper County public
schools and then graduated from | 9 | | Lake Land Community College and the University of
Illinois with | 10 | | a bachelor's degree in agriculture; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Reis is a farmer and a businessman; he lives | 12 | | in Jasper County on his family's fifth-generation farm near the | 13 | | village of Ste. Marie, where the Reis family has farmed for | 14 | | over 150
years; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, In 1993, Rep. Reis co-founded JC Co-op, where he | 16 | | served as general manager for
seven years; from 1997 to 2004, | 17 | | he served on the board of directors of the Illinois Pork
| 18 | | Producers Association; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Reis's wife, Maria Strelka Reis, is a special | 20 | | education teacher at the Nuttall
Middle School in Robinson; | 21 | | they have two wonderful children, Nicholas and Adriana; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Reis was first elected in 2004 to serve the | 2 | | people of the 108th
District; he was re-elected six times to | 3 | | represent the 108th District and the current 109th District,
| 4 | | consisting of nine counties in southeastern Illinois; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, In 2017, in recognition of his leadership, Rep. | 6 | | Reis was promoted to the
role of Assistant Republican Leader | 7 | | for the House Republican Caucus under House Republican
Leader | 8 | | Jim Durkin; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Reis serves on the powerful House Executive | 10 | | Committee, which
considers the State's most important and | 11 | | contentious bills; he also serves as Republican
Spokesperson | 12 | | for several House committees, including Business and | 13 | | Occupational Licenses,
Business Incentives for Local | 14 | | Communities, Community College Access and Affordability, and
| 15 | | Insurance: Health and Life; he has also been a longtime member | 16 | | of the Appropriations - Public
Safety Committee and Financial | 17 | | Institutions Committee; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, As a free-market conservative, Rep. Reis is | 19 | | honored to serve on the board
of directors and as the Illinois | 20 | | State Chair of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) | 21 | | and as the Public Chair of ALEC's Energy, Environment and | 22 | | Agriculture Task Force; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Reis was instrumental in the passage of | 2 | | important legislation related
to energy policy and hydraulic | 3 | | fracturing, job creation, concealed carry, and raising the | 4 | | speed
limit on Illinois interstate highways; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Reis has been the recipient of numerous | 6 | | legislative honors and
awards, including the Illinois Farm | 7 | | Bureau's Friend of Agriculture Award and the Illinois
Chamber | 8 | | of Commerce's Champion of Free Enterprise Award; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Reis is a member of the St. Thomas Catholic | 10 | | Church in Newton, the
Newton Knights of Columbus, the Sons of | 11 | | the American Legion, the Jasper County Farm Bureau, the Jasper
| 12 | | County Chamber of Commerce, the Illinois State Rifle | 13 | | Association, the National Rifle Association,
the National | 14 | | Federation of Independent Business, and the Illinois Pork | 15 | | Producers Association; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 | | congratulate our friend and
colleague, State Rep. David Reis, | 19 | | on his retirement from the Illinois House of
Representatives, | 20 | | and we wish him all the best in his future endeavors; and be it | 21 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Rep. Reis and his
family as an expression of our | 3 | | esteem and respect.
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