Full Text of SR0777 93rd General Assembly
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| wish to congratulate Senator Patrick D. Welch of Peru on his | 4 |
| service to the people of the 38th District; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Welch served as the Assistant Majority | 6 |
| Leader for the 93rd General Assembly; he has been a member of | 7 |
| the Illinois Senate since 1983, and has served this body with | 8 |
| distinction; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Welch has spearheaded environmental | 10 |
| protection measures to ensure that Illinois' lands, air, and | 11 |
| waterways are kept clean for future generations; in 1988, he | 12 |
| received national recognition and was awarded the "Best Bet | 13 |
| Award" from the National Center of Environmental Alternatives | 14 |
| for his sponsorship of the Groundwater Protection Act; he has | 15 |
| also received numerous other environmental, labor, | 16 |
| rehabilitation, and agricultural awards; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Welch has a strong record of securing | 18 |
| millions of dollars for a variety of much-needed northeastern | 19 |
| Illinois road, bridge, and quality-of-life infrastructure | 20 |
| improvements; he has been a leader in assisting economic | 21 |
| development through local park improvements, riverfront | 22 |
| development grants, and water and sewage system improvement | 23 |
| grants; and
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| WHEREAS, In the 93rd General Assembly, Senator Welch | 25 |
| co-sponsored the Senior Citizen Prescription Drug Discount | 26 |
| Program Act; he also sponsored several measures providing | 27 |
| higher standards for corporate accountability, and he helped to | 28 |
| secure the re-opening of the Sheridan Correctional Center; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2004, Senator Welch supported a bill for equal | 30 |
| pay, resulting in a landmark law that specifies that women are |
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| to receive the same pay as men for doing the same job, and he | 2 |
| voted for an increase in the minimum wage; in addition to these | 3 |
| bills, he also was a prime mover behind state funding for the | 4 |
| building of the Starved Rock Resort & Conference Center in | 5 |
| Ottawa, the Grand Bear Lodge in Utica, and an 80-bed expansion | 6 |
| to the LaSalle Veterans Home; and
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| WHEREAS, He has been a member of the Committees on | 8 |
| Appropriations II (chairperson), Appropriations I, Agriculture & | 9 |
| Conservation, Environment & Energy, Revenue, and the | 10 |
| Subcommittee on Gaming-Revenue; in addition, he has served as | 11 |
| co-chairperson of the Economic & Fiscal Commission; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Welch was born December 12, 1948; he | 13 |
| attended Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIU-C) | 14 |
| where he earned a bachelor's degree in government; following | 15 |
| graduation from SIU-C, he attended the Illinois Institute of | 16 |
| Technology/Kent College of Law, where he earned his J.D. | 17 |
| degree; shortly after graduation, he was admitted to the | 18 |
| Illinois Bar; Senator Welch practices law in Peru, Illinois; he | 19 |
| has one son; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 21 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Senator | 22 |
| Welch on a job well done and we wish him well in his future | 23 |
| endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 25 |
| presented to Senator Welch as an expression of our esteem and | 26 |
| respect for our colleague and friend.
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