Full Text of HR0348 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize State Representative | 4 | | Harry Osterman for his years of service and hard work on behalf | 5 | | of the people of the State of Illinois; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Osterman is a lifelong resident of | 7 | | Chicago's North Side, born and bred in the Edgewater community; | 8 | | he served as President of the Edgewater Community Council and | 9 | | as a member of the Edgewater Development Corporation; he | 10 | | attended Illinois State University and Loyola University; he | 11 | | returned to his home neighborhood to help better his community, | 12 | | a value he learned from his mother, former 48th Ward Alderman | 13 | | and later Director of the Mayor's Office of Special Events | 14 | | Kathy Osterman; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Representative Osterman began his career as an | 16 | | aide to 48th Ward Alderman Mary Ann Smith, serving as a public | 17 | | safety liaison to the Chicago Police Department and Cook County | 18 | | State's Attorney's Office; in 2000, he was appointed to fill a | 19 | | vacancy in the Illinois House of Representatives and has since | 20 | | been overwhelmingly re-elected by his constituents; during his | 21 | | time in the Illinois House, he has earned a reputation as a | 22 | | caring and passionate yet tough advocate for his constituents | 23 | | and for the issues that matter to them; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Osterman has dedicated his career | 2 | | to making neighborhoods safer and ending gun violence; he has | 3 | | worked with the Chicago Police Department and the law | 4 | | enforcement community to keep illegal weapons off our streets, | 5 | | pass tougher firearm licensing requirements, and ban | 6 | | military-style assault weapons; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Representative Osterman, in his pursuit of public | 8 | | safety, has worked with neighborhood advocates and law | 9 | | enforcement agencies to increase funding for community | 10 | | policing and violence mediation programs; he has partnered with | 11 | | the Chicago Police Department to increase patrols in high-crime | 12 | | areas and to empower residents with information to help keep | 13 | | their families safe; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Representative Osterman believes strongly in | 15 | | helping all Illinois citizens attain equality; he helped to | 16 | | pass legislation to ban discrimination based on sexual | 17 | | orientation in housing, lending, employment, and public | 18 | | accommodation, and he has fought for increased funding for | 19 | | programs that help people living with HIV/AIDS; and he helped | 20 | | to pass landmark legislation legalizing civil unions in | 21 | | Illinois; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Representative Osterman has fought hard for a |
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| 1 | | strong education system that will provide our children with the | 2 | | knowledge and skills they will need to compete in a global | 3 | | economy; he has worked for funding to reduce class sizes and | 4 | | increase quality early education programs; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Representative Osterman believes that we must | 6 | | preserve and improve our environment for future generations; he | 7 | | has consistently supported efforts to protect Lake Michigan, | 8 | | including helping to create the Great Lakes Compact, and he has | 9 | | secured State funding to improve beach facilities; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Representative Osterman has championed strong | 11 | | ethics laws, transparency and campaign finance reform; he | 12 | | helped to pass the State's first law limiting campaign | 13 | | contributions and a law banning certain State contractors from | 14 | | donating to the campaigns of the State officeholders who award | 15 | | their contracts; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Representative Osterman has worked to reduce | 17 | | property taxes, expand access to quality health care, support | 18 | | local parks, foster economic development, and help residents | 19 | | cut red tape; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Representative Osterman was recently elected | 21 | | Alderman of Chicago's 48th Ward, a role that will allow him to | 22 | | continue as an advocate for the people; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Osterman is married to the former | 2 | | Peggy Joyce; they are the proud parents of Jack, Harry, and | 3 | | Katie; and Representative Osterman is known affectionately to | 4 | | his colleagues as "Mr. Mom"; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we congratulate Representative Harry Osterman on his ascension | 8 | | from the Illinois House of Representatives to the Chicago City | 9 | | Council and wish him the best as he begins a new journey of | 10 | | public service; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to Representative Osterman as a symbol of our respect | 13 | | and esteem.
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