Full Text of HR1386 097th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate State Representative | 4 | | Harry "Randy" Ramey on his service and accomplishments in the | 5 | | General Assembly; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Ramey has been a resident of DuPage | 7 | | County for 35 years and Carol Stream for the last 23 years; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Representative Ramey's commitment to public | 9 | | service and politics began in the 1980's while serving in Youth | 10 | | in Government at York Community High School and as an election | 11 | | judge for York Township; he also was an active member of the | 12 | | Young Republicans and College Students for Ronald Reagan at the | 13 | | University of Illinois; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Representative Ramey received his bachelor of | 15 | | science in restaurant management from the University of | 16 | | Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1985; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Prior to his distinguished career in public | 18 | | service, Representative Ramey used his academic and managerial | 19 | | training to succeed in the food service industry; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Representative Ramey worked for the Illinois |
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| 1 | | Secretary of State in the Department of Senior and Community | 2 | | Services as an Outreach Representative between the years of | 3 | | 1992 and 2005; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, As a resident of Carol Stream, Representative | 5 | | Ramey served as a committeeman of the Wayne Township Republican | 6 | | Organization in 1993, vice-chairman in 2000, and chairman in | 7 | | 2004, 2010, and 2012; he was also elected to serve as the | 8 | | chairman of the DuPage County Republican Party in 2011; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Representative Ramey began his career in public | 10 | | service with his election in 1999 as trustee to Wayne Township; | 11 | | and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Representative Ramey was first appointed to the | 13 | | 55th House District seat in 2005 when former State | 14 | | Representative John Millner was appointed to the 28th State | 15 | | Senate District; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Representative Ramey is known in the General | 17 | | Assembly as a proud fiscal conservative who has consistently | 18 | | opposed higher taxation, such as the 67% state income tax hike, | 19 | | and has opposed budgets that relied on borrowing and tax and | 20 | | fee increases; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Representative Ramey will be remembered for his |
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| 1 | | outstanding record of support for Illinois teachers and his | 2 | | efforts to create a balanced budget, pro-growth business | 3 | | climate, and lower state taxes and fees; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Representative Ramey is especially proud of his | 5 | | leadership in negotiations between State and federal officials | 6 | | to move forward the Kerr-McGee clean-up of West Chicago, | 7 | | reforming the DuPage Water Commission, and successfully | 8 | | passing Rapid Repat out of the House of Representatives with | 9 | | bi-partisan support; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Representative Ramey fought against non-residents | 11 | | and non-citizens from receiving taxpayer based benefits; he | 12 | | also saved taxpayers millions of dollars by working with the | 13 | | Illinois Press Association to lower rates of mandated | 14 | | government postings; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Representative Ramey forged bi-partisan support | 16 | | on legislation he sponsored or co-sponsored in the House of | 17 | | Representatives including: tax credits to manufacturers to | 18 | | create jobs, expansion of safe haven locations to drop off | 19 | | newborn infants, the sunset of the DuPage Water Commission's | 20 | | 1/4 cent water sales tax, promotion of victims' rights by | 21 | | having defendants found not guilty of murder by insanity placed | 22 | | in facilities far from family members of the murder victim, | 23 | | making it harder for government to seize private property, |
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| 1 | | creation of a statewide murder registry, reduction of property | 2 | | taxes for areas hit hard by foreclosures, preventing registered | 3 | | sex offenders from logging onto social networking sites, | 4 | | increasing benefits for war veterans, requiring income | 5 | | verification to qualify for the state's free health care | 6 | | programs, increasing eligibility for the Senior Citizens | 7 | | Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption, combating domestic | 8 | | abuse and abuse of the elderly, demanding convicted sexual | 9 | | predators to wear a GPS tracking device, and allowing citizens | 10 | | to recall corrupt public officials; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Representative Ramey was privileged to co-sponsor | 12 | | 2 resolutions commending the World Champion St. Louis | 13 | | Cardinals; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Representative Ramey is a committed campaign | 15 | | volunteer to the Republican party with notable services in the | 16 | | election campaigns of Pate Phillip for Senate (1985-2004), | 17 | | George Bush for President (1988 & 1992), Bob Dole for President | 18 | | (1996), George W. Bush for President (2000), and as a delegate | 19 | | for Wayne Township at the Illinois Republican Convention (2000, | 20 | | 2004, 2008 & 2012); and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Representative Ramey proudly served as Master | 22 | | Mason and 3rd Degree of the Elmhurst Masonic Lodge; he is also | 23 | | a member of the Scottish Rite and Medinah Shrine Temple; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Ramey proudly served as a | 2 | | volunteer for numerous civic organizations, including Wayne | 3 | | Township General Assistance, Northern Illinois Food Bank, and | 4 | | Heritage Lake School; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Representative Ramey has served with distinction | 6 | | as the Republican spokesperson for both the Counties & | 7 | | Townships committee and the State Government Administration | 8 | | committee; he has also served as a diligent committee member on | 9 | | the Appropriations-General Service committee, Consumer | 10 | | Protection committee, Telecommunications committee, Tourism & | 11 | | Conventions committee, Special License Plate, and the Local | 12 | | Government Administration Subcommittee; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, State Representative Ramey is the proud father of | 14 | | 3 children, Alexandra, Christopher, and Zachary; therefore, be | 15 | | it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we congratulate our friend and colleague, Representative Randy | 19 | | Ramey, on his retirement from the Illinois House of | 20 | | Representatives and wish him the best in his future endeavors; | 21 | | and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to State Representative Randy Ramey as a symbol of | 3 | | our respect and esteem.
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