Full Text of HR1540 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate United States Congressman | 4 | | Bobby Rush on the occasion of his 70th birthday on November 23, | 5 | | 2016; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Rush was born in Albany, Georgia on | 7 | | November 23, 1946 and moved to Chicago at the age of 7; he | 8 | | earned his Bachelor of General Studies from Roosevelt | 9 | | University in 1973, his Master of Arts in Political Science | 10 | | from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1974, and his | 11 | | Master of Theology from McCormick Theological Seminary in 1978; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Rush was involved the civil rights | 14 | | movement throughout the 1960s; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Rush took office as United States | 16 | | Representative for Illinois's 1st Congressional District in | 17 | | 1993, and has since won consecutive re-election; while in | 18 | | office, he has focused on issues of importance to low and | 19 | | middle-income families and communities; he has brought more | 20 | | than one billion dollars to the 1st Congressional District; he | 21 | | has led efforts to fund major infrastructure projects and | 22 | | obtained millions of dollars in grants for libraries, museums, |
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| 1 | | municipalities, police departments, hospitals, schools, and | 2 | | programs that support the arts; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Rush and his wife, Carolyn, had seven | 4 | | children together; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Rush is an honorably discharged | 6 | | veteran of the United States Army; he is an ordained minister | 7 | | and is the pastor of the Beloved Community Christian Church of | 8 | | God in Christ in Chicago; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 | | congratulate United States Congressman Bobby Rush on his 70th | 12 | | birthday, and we wish him many more wonderful years; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to Congressman Rush as a symbol of our respect and | 16 | | esteem.
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