Full Text of HR1320 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 Bill Mitchell on his 20 years | 5 | | of
distinguished service and hard work on behalf of the people | 6 | | of the State of Illinois; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Mitchell was born in Decatur on March 29, | 8 | | 1960; he graduated from St.
Teresa High School in Decatur and | 9 | | received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Eastern | 10 | | Illinois
University in 1982; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Mitchell was first elected in 1998 to serve | 12 | | the people of the 102nd
District; he was re-elected nine times | 13 | | to represent the people of the 87th District and the current | 14 | | 101st
District; over the course of his career, he represented | 15 | | Macon, Champaign, Christian,
Cumberland, DeWitt, Effingham, | 16 | | Logan, McLean, Piatt, Sangamon, Shelby, and Tazewell
counties; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In 2013, Rep. Mitchell was honored to be appointed | 19 | | as Assistant
Republican Leader for the Illinois House | 20 | | Republican Caucus; he was re-appointed to leadership
in 2015 | 21 | | and 2017; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Mitchell was a tireless advocate for central | 2 | | Illinois families and was
deeply committed to improving the | 3 | | region's schools and infrastructure, attracting and retaining | 4 | | good-paying jobs
for working families, and ensuring seniors | 5 | | receive the assistance they need and
deserve; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Mitchell was a fiscal conservative and | 7 | | outspoken critic of wasteful
government spending; he sponsored | 8 | | legislation to ground and then sell the State's $22 million
| 9 | | fleet of aircraft, arguing that taxpayers could no longer | 10 | | afford this perk of power, and he
proposed welfare reform | 11 | | legislation to cut down on fraud and save taxpayer dollars; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Mitchell has always been a strong voice on | 13 | | the issue of job creation;
he served as the Republican | 14 | | Spokesperson for the House Bipartisan Job Creation Task Force | 15 | | and
as chairman of the House Republican Task Force on Rural | 16 | | Economic Development; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, In an effort to save thousands of good-paying | 18 | | jobs, Rep. Mitchell was
instrumental in the passage of the | 19 | | Future Energy Jobs Act (Public Act 99-906); he fought for
| 20 | | several years to save the Clinton Power Station, the economic | 21 | | engine of DeWitt County and a
major employer in central | 22 | | Illinois; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Legislation sponsored by Rep. Mitchell to create | 2 | | an Alzheimer's
Awareness license plate was signed into law in | 3 | | 2013; Public Act 98-259 provided for the
issuance of | 4 | | Alzheimer's Awareness license plates and created the | 5 | | Alzheimer's Awareness Fund
to provide financial support to the | 6 | | Greater Illinois Chapter of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related | 7 | | Disorders Association for Alzheimer's care, support, | 8 | | education, and awareness
programs; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Mitchell was a strong proponent of open, | 10 | | transparent, and accessible
government; he held countless town | 11 | | hall meetings across his district, in addition to many other
| 12 | | outreach events, including senior fairs and State budget | 13 | | briefings; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Prior to his service in the Illinois General | 15 | | Assembly, Rep. Mitchell served
on the Decatur City Council and | 16 | | was Decatur Mayor Pro Tem from 1997 to 1998; he also served as
| 17 | | the Macon County Republican Party Chairman; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 19 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 20 | | congratulate our friend and
colleague, State Rep. Bill | 21 | | Mitchell, on his retirement from the Illinois House of
| 22 | | Representatives, and we wish him the best in all his future | 23 | | endeavors; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Rep. Mitchell as
an expression of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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