Full Text of HR1353 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate and thank State | 4 | | Representative Kimberly du Buclet for her service to the people | 5 | | of the State of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative du Buclet was born and raised on | 7 | | the South Side of Chicago; she is heavily invested in her | 8 | | community, working daily to improve the lives of her | 9 | | constituents; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Representative du Buclet is proud to represent the | 11 | | same communities once represented by President Barack Obama | 12 | | while he served in the Illinois Senate; the 26th District | 13 | | stretches from Chicago's near North Side to the South Side and | 14 | | includes the neighborhoods of Bronzeville, Douglas, Grand | 15 | | Boulevard, Greater Grand Crossing, Hyde Park, Kenwood, the | 16 | | Loop, Oakland, South Shore, Washington Park, and Woodlawn; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Representative du Buclet attended high school at | 18 | | the University of Chicago Lab School; she subsequently earned | 19 | | her bachelor's degree in marketing from the University of | 20 | | Illinois and her master's degree in marketing from the | 21 | | University of Chicago Booth School of Business; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, As a businesswoman, Representative du Buclet | 2 | | formerly ran an executive search agency and worked as an | 3 | | executive with AT&T; she served as an undergraduate counselor | 4 | | at the University of Chicago and a professional development | 5 | | instructor at Roosevelt University; she has also long been | 6 | | involved in local politics and community work and is the policy | 7 | | chair for Friends of the Parks; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Representative du Buclet committed herself to | 9 | | being an open and accessible legislator who worked for job | 10 | | creation and economic development, a stronger education for | 11 | | Illinois' schoolchildren, safer neighborhoods, and more | 12 | | accessible and affordable healthcare; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, During her time as a legislator, Representative du | 14 | | Buclet worked to pass laws aimed at preserving the rights of | 15 | | the mentally ill; strengthening foreclosure relief programs, | 16 | | including the creation of a Foreclosure Working Group within | 17 | | the State Housing Task Force; and creating a training program | 18 | | to help police officers better identify post-traumatic stress | 19 | | disorder in veterans; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Representative du Buclet has been happily married | 21 | | to her husband, Alex, for 22 years; together, they have 2 | 22 | | children; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we thank State Representative Kimberly du Buclet for her | 4 | | service in the Illinois General Assembly and for her dedication | 5 | | to the people of her district; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Representative Kimberly du Buclet as an expression | 8 | | of our respect and esteem and with our best wishes for her | 9 | | future success.
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