Full Text of HR1396 098th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize Illinois State | 4 | | Representative Sandra Pihos for her 12 years of service and | 5 | | hard work on behalf of the people of the State of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Pihos has had a long and | 7 | | distinguished career in public service; she first served her | 8 | | local community for many years as a member and president of the | 9 | | Glenbard High School District #87 School Board before her | 10 | | election to the Illinois House of Representatives in 2002; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Representative Pihos has been a resident of Glen | 12 | | Ellyn for 41 years, having taught both elementary and middle | 13 | | school; she also worked as a high school guidance counselor and | 14 | | held the position of vice president of Pihos Enterprises, a | 15 | | restaurant management firm, from 1993 to 2000; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Representative Pihos is especially proud of her | 17 | | work in the Illinois House of Representatives as a long-time | 18 | | member of the Elementary and Secondary Education Committee, | 19 | | where she served as the Minority Spokesperson; she also served | 20 | | as the Minority Spokesperson for the Appropriations Elementary | 21 | | and Secondary Education, Disability Services, Aging, and | 22 | | Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Committees; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Pihos was a member of numerous | 2 | | Committees, including the Consumer Protection, Accountability & | 3 | | Administrative Review, Small Business Empowerment & | 4 | | Workforce Development, Appropriations-Human Services, Commerce | 5 | | and Business Development, Public Policy and Accountability, | 6 | | Tourism and Conventions, Mass Transit, Telecommunications, | 7 | | Housing, and Tollway Oversight Committees; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Representative Pihos served the General Assembly | 9 | | as a member of the Legislative Audit Commission, the Illinois | 10 | | Workforce Development Board, the Bi-Partisan Job Creation Task | 11 | | Force, the Charter Schools Task Force, the Joint Task Force on | 12 | | Community Colleges, as Chair of the Special Education Funding | 13 | | Task Force, Co-Chair of the Commission on the Elimination of | 14 | | Poverty, Co-Chair of the Internet Safety Task Force, and | 15 | | Co-Chair of the Advisory on Education Funding; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Representative Pihos will be remembered for her | 17 | | outstanding record of support for education, social security | 18 | | protection, consumer protection, identity theft, affordable | 19 | | housing, health awareness, children's health insurance, and | 20 | | environmental issues; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Representative Pihos was awarded the Philip J. | 22 | | Rock Center and School Meritorious Service Award, the Illinois |
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| 1 | | Coalition of Community Blood Centers Representative of the Year | 2 | | Award, and has been recognized as Woman of the Year by the | 3 | | United Hellenic Voters; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Representative Pihos has also received the | 5 | | Legislator of the Year Award by several organizations, | 6 | | including the Illinois Optometric Association, the Illinois | 7 | | School Counselor Association, the Illinois Association of | 8 | | School Administrators, the DuPage Housing Action Coalition, | 9 | | the Ray Graham Association, the Western DuPage Special | 10 | | Recreation Association, the Illinois Association of School | 11 | | Social Workers, and the Northeastern DuPage Special Recreation | 12 | | Association; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Representative Pihos has received the Alzheimer's | 14 | | Advocacy Award, the American Conservative Union Foundation | 15 | | Award, the First Responder Emergency Preparedness and Disaster | 16 | | Response Readiness Award, the Illinois Coalition of Community | 17 | | Blood Centers Representative of the Year Award, the Housing | 18 | | Action Illinois Golden Trowel Award, the Guardian of Small | 19 | | Business Award, the Partners in Quality Award for her | 20 | | dedication to the advancement of quality in older adult | 21 | | services, the DuPage Center for Independent Living Spirit of | 22 | | ADA Award, the Illinois Farm Bureau Activator Award, the | 23 | | American Cancer Society Regional Advocacy Partner Award, and | 24 | | the Illinois Environmental Council Award; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Pihos is the former co-chair of the | 2 | | Conference of Women Legislators and the current Illinois State | 3 | | Director of Women in Government; she is also the current | 4 | | co-chair of the NEW Leadership Program, which hones the | 5 | | leadership skills of young women, and the co-founder of the | 6 | | Illinois Alzheimer Legislators Alliance; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Representative Pihos serves on several boards, | 8 | | including Giant Steps Illinois, the Partnership for | 9 | | Educational Progress Foundation, Family Shelter Service, the | 10 | | DuPage Regional Leadership Council of the American Cancer | 11 | | Society, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness; | 12 | | therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we congratulate our friend and colleague, State Representative | 16 | | Sandra Pihos, on her retirement from the Illinois of House of | 17 | | Representatives and wish her the best in her future endeavors; | 18 | | and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Representative Pihos as a symbol of our respect | 21 | | and esteem.
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