Full Text of HR1351 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of former | 4 | | United States Representative Lane Evans, who passed away on | 5 | | November 5, 2014; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Lane Evans was born on August 4, | 7 | | 1951; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Representative Lane Evans was a graduate of | 9 | | Alleman High School in Rock Island; he subsequently earned | 10 | | degrees from Augustana College and Georgetown University Law | 11 | | Center; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Representative Lane Evans served his country with | 13 | | distinction in the United States Marine Corps from 1969 to | 14 | | 1977; during his stint in the military, he was posted in the | 15 | | United States and in Okinawa, Japan; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Representative Lane Evans served the citizens of | 17 | | the 17th Congressional District with pride as a member of the | 18 | | United States House of Representatives from 1982 to 2006; | 19 | | during his career as a Representative, he became well known by | 20 | | his constituents and peers as a man of the people who cared | 21 | | deeply for the well-being of his fellow veterans; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, As a ranking member of the House Committee on | 2 | | Veterans' Affairs, Representative Lane Evans advocated for | 3 | | veterans of the Vietnam War who were exposed to Agent Orange | 4 | | and helped them to receive compensation for their exposure to | 5 | | the chemical agents; he led efforts to increase funding for | 6 | | various veteran assistance programs and was among the first | 7 | | members of Congress to take on issues like post-traumatic | 8 | | stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, which have affected | 9 | | many veterans of the Iraq War; he also championed numerous | 10 | | other initiatives, including legislation to ban landmines and | 11 | | the fight to keep the Rock Island Arsenal open, and was lauded | 12 | | for his votes against the North American Free Trade Agreement, | 13 | | the Gulf War, and the Iraq War; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Representative Lane Evans is survived by his 3 | 15 | | brothers; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of | 19 | | former United States Representative Lane Evans; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Representative Lane Evans as an |
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| 1 | | expression of our sympathy.
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