Full Text of HR1315 94th General Assembly
HR1315 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It is with shock and great sadness that the | 3 |
| members of the House of Representatives of the State of | 4 |
| Illinois learned of the death of their friend and former | 5 |
| colleague, Senator Robert A. Madigan of Lincoln, on Thursday, | 6 |
| May 4, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Madigan was born in Lincoln on November | 8 |
| 28, 1942; he was married to Connie and was the father of two | 9 |
| children; before beginning his legislative career, he served as | 10 |
| City Clerk of
Lincoln and Special
Education teacher; and
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| WHEREAS, He served the people of Central Illinois with
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| distinction for 14 years,
from 1987 through 2001, and he served | 13 |
| honorably as Chairman of the Senate Insurance
and Pensions
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| Committee and was a member of the Senate Committees on Licensed | 15 |
| Activities and
Agriculture and
Conservation; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Madigan's legislative accomplishments | 17 |
| include sponsoring
continuing
appropriations for the five | 18 |
| public employee pension systems, protecting the
integrity of | 19 |
| the retired
teachers health insurance program, passing | 20 |
| mandatory auto insurance, sponsoring
the Conservation
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| Enhancement Program, and providing leadership on proposals to | 22 |
| diversify Illinois
agriculture and boost
the rural economy; and
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| WHEREAS, He served on the State Commission on | 24 |
| Intergovernmental Cooperation,
the Board of
Directors of the | 25 |
| Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan, and was Co-chairman of the
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| Illinois Legislative
Sportsmen's Caucus; and
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| WHEREAS, Bob Madigan received such honors as Guardian of | 28 |
| Small Business from
the National
Federation of Independent | 29 |
| Business, the Illinois Nurses Association Legislator
of the | 30 |
| Year, the Illinois
Primary Health Care Association Legislator |
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| Award, the Voice of Employers Award
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Management | 2 |
| Association of Illinois, the Illinois Optometric Legislator of | 3 |
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Year, the Illinois
Leadership Council for Agricultural | 4 |
| Excellence Award, and Friend of Agriculture
from the Illinois
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| Farm Bureau; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of Holy Family Church in Lincoln, | 7 |
| the
Knights of Columbus,
Sons of the American Revolution, the | 8 |
| Elks, and the Eagles, and was a former trustee of
Abraham | 9 |
| Lincoln Hospital
and St. Clara's Manor; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 |
| we mourn the passing of our former colleague, Senator Robert A. | 13 |
| Madigan, and we extend our sincerest condolences to his family, | 14 |
| friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 17 |
| sympathy during their time of bereavement.
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