Full Text of HR1359 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives
wish to recognize our former colleague, State | 4 | | Representative
Kevin McCarthy, and thank him for his many years | 5 | | of service to
the people of Illinois; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative McCarthy won his first election | 7 | | for State
representative of the southwest suburban 37th | 8 | | District in 1996 by
less than 900 votes in a hard-fought | 9 | | campaign; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Representative McCarthy received his bachelor's | 11 | | degree
from Chicago State University and a master's degree from | 12 | | DePaul
University; he began his career as a school teacher and | 13 | | later
went into the school supply business; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Representative McCarthy prided himself on being a
| 15 | | full-time lawmaker who remained accessible to his constituents
| 16 | | and fought for their needs and concerns to improve local
| 17 | | communities and the southland; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Representative McCarthy spent his time in public
| 19 | | service fighting to improve local schools, make higher | 20 | | education
more affordable, lower taxes for homeowners, and | 21 | | assist the
growing senior citizen population; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative McCarthy succeeded in increasing | 2 | | state
funding for local schools and fought to pass an education | 3 | | tax
credit for parents with children in private and parochial
| 4 | | schools; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Representative McCarthy led efforts to increase
| 6 | | education standards, fought to invest in early childhood
| 7 | | education, and advocated for lower class sizes so our children | 8 | | have the
competitive advantage needed to succeed; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, As the chairman of the House Higher Education
| 10 | | Committee, Representative McCarthy consistently supported ways | 11 | | to make higher
education more accessible and affordable for | 12 | | students, including
greater funding for Monetary Award Program | 13 | | (MAP) grants to help
students in financial need pay for | 14 | | college; he sponsored
legislation creating the MAP Plus program | 15 | | to provide financial
assistance to college students who do not | 16 | | qualify for other
assistance programs; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Representative McCarthy often took up challenging | 18 | | and
unpopular issues because he believed them to be in the best
| 19 | | interests of the State; he passed landmark pension reforms to
| 20 | | help end abuses and to help begin efforts to create long-term
| 21 | | stability of the pension system; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative McCarthy kept a promise to be a | 2 | | strong
advocate for taxpayers by fighting to increase homestead
| 3 | | exemptions and other property tax assistance programs for all
| 4 | | homeowners, especially senior citizens and veterans; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Representative McCarthy owes much to the support | 6 | | of his
loving family, including his wife, Judy, and their 2 | 7 | | children,
Amy and Kevin John, as well as his longtime friend | 8 | | and office
manager, Sue McGahan; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we congratulate
and thank State Representative Kevin McCarthy | 12 | | for his years of
dedicated service; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented
to Representative Kevin McCarthy as an expression of | 15 | | our respect and
esteem and with our best wishes for his future | 16 | | success.
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