Full Text of HR1384 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to honor Representative Jason Barickman | 4 | | on his time in the Illinois House and to congratulate him on | 5 | | his recent election to the 53rd Illinois State Senate district; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Jason Barickman was appointed to serve out | 8 | | the remaining days of then Rep. Shane Cultra's term for the | 9 | | 105th Legislative District in the 96th General Assembly; he | 10 | | went on to serve the 105th Legislative District during the 97th | 11 | | General Assembly; he has won the opportunity to represent the | 12 | | newly drawn 53rd State Senate district, which stretches from | 13 | | Bloomington to the Indiana border; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Jason Barickman has always been a strong | 15 | | supporter of Illinois farmers and the agriculture industry | 16 | | throughout the State; he has been a relentless advocate for | 17 | | small business owners and entrepreneurs, fought for policies to | 18 | | lower individual and business tax burdens, encouraged economic | 19 | | growth and hiring, and fought to rein in spending; he has been | 20 | | an advocate of open and transparent government; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Jason Barickman is a founding partner of the | 22 | | law office of Bartell, Barickman & Powell, LLP; he is an |
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| 1 | | entrepreneur at heart, actively investing in real estate and is | 2 | | part owner in a title company he formed; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Jason Barickman was raised on a family farm | 4 | | in Livingston County near Ancona; he graduated from Woodland | 5 | | High School in 1993, and served in the Illinois Army National | 6 | | Guard from 1993 to 2000, completing his basic and advanced | 7 | | training at Fort Benning, Georgia; he graduated from Illinois | 8 | | State University in 1998, where he served as ISU Student Body | 9 | | President his senior year, with a degree in political science; | 10 | | after graduation he spent 4 years in business, working for | 11 | | Ernst & Young and the power company Dynegy; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Jason Barickman graduated from the | 13 | | University of Illinois College of Law in May of 2005; he | 14 | | completed legal internships with the Department of Justice's | 15 | | Federal Bureau of Prisons and worked as a graduate assistant to | 16 | | Governor Jim Edgar at the Institute of Government and Public | 17 | | Affairs; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Jason Barickman has served as chairman of the | 19 | | Champaign County Republican Party from 2006 to 2012; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Jason Barickman and his wife, Kristen, were | 21 | | married in 2010 and welcomed a son, August, in May of 2011, and | 22 | | a new son, Walter in January of 2013; 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 honor Rep. Jason Barickman on his time in the Illinois House | 4 | | and congratulate him on his recent election to the 53rd | 5 | | Illinois State Senate district; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Rep. Jason Barickman as an expression of our | 8 | | esteem and respect.
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