Full Text of HR0398 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is the rail capital of the | 3 | | United States; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Union Pacific Railroad has more than 2,300 | 5 | | miles of track in the State, traversing hundreds of | 6 | | communities; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Union Pacific maintains rail yards throughout the | 8 | | State located in the cities of Chicago, Bellwood, Berkeley, | 9 | | Melrose Park, Northlake, Dolton, Chicago Heights, Rochelle, | 10 | | West Chicago, Dupo, and Salem; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Union Pacific's Commuter Operations Service Unit | 12 | | provides rail service to more than 105,000 commuters daily on | 13 | | the Union Pacific Metra North, Northwest, and West Lines, and | 14 | | operates more trains for Metra than any other carrier in the | 15 | | Chicagoland area; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Union Pacific has invested more than $1 billion in | 17 | | Illinois since 2010; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Union Pacific has more than 4,000 employees in the | 19 | | State with an annual payroll of $344.7 million; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Union Pacific partners with the State of Illinois | 2 | | on a number of public private partnerships, such as the CREATE | 3 | | Program, UP Metra West Line Improvement Project, and the | 4 | | Illinois High Speed Rail Project; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Nothing is more important to the nation's | 6 | | passenger and freight railroads than safety; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Union Pacific's commitment to safety is reflected | 8 | | in Federal Railroad Administration statistics which find that | 9 | | from 1980 to 2013, train accident rates fell by 79%, employee | 10 | | injury rates fell by 84%, and grade crossing collision rates | 11 | | fell by 81%; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Union Pacific's focus on safety extends far beyond | 13 | | the railroad's 44,000 employees and 32,000 mile rail network; | 14 | | it also includes the communities where trains operate; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, 2016 marks the second consecutive year Union | 16 | | Pacific was the top-performing railroad in employee safety; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Union Pacific's Commuter Operations Service Unit | 18 | | was recently awarded the "Union Pacific Safety Bell", which | 19 | | recognizes the safest service unit, Union Pacific's 23-state | 20 | | network; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Union Pacific is one of the safest railroads in | 2 | | the country and has achieved its best annual employee safety | 3 | | performance in the company's 154-year history; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 5 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 | | congratulate the Union Pacific Railroad on its exemplary safety | 7 | | record, its achievements, and its focus on communities; and be | 8 | | it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the Union Pacific Railroad as a symbol of our | 11 | | respect and esteem.
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