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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate State Representative and | ||||||
4 | House Republican Floor Leader Peter Breen on his distinguished | ||||||
5 | service to the 48th Legislative District and the people of | ||||||
6 | Illinois; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Rep. Breen was a member of the Illinois House of | ||||||
8 | Representatives from 2015 to 2019 and served the body with | ||||||
9 | honor and distinction; and
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10 | WHEREAS, The people of DuPage County were well-served by | ||||||
11 | the leadership and bipartisanship of Rep. Breen during his two | ||||||
12 | terms in the Illinois House of Representatives; and | ||||||
13 | WHEREAS, Rep. Breen graduated from Naperville North High | ||||||
14 | School and earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical | ||||||
15 | Engineering from Vanderbilt University, finishing his B.E. in | ||||||
16 | three years; he went on to earn his Juris Doctorate from the | ||||||
17 | University of Notre Dame; and | ||||||
18 | WHEREAS, Prior to taking his seat in the General Assembly, | ||||||
19 | Rep. Breen served from 2011 to 2014 as a trustee and acting | ||||||
20 | village president for the Village of Lombard; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, In addition to his service in the General | ||||||
2 | Assembly, Rep. Breen practices constitutional law and is | ||||||
3 | employed as special counsel for the Thomas More Society, a | ||||||
4 | not-for profit law firm specializing in defense of First | ||||||
5 | Amendment rights; and | ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, Rep. Breen and his wife, Margie, are raising their | ||||||
7 | two sons, Matthew and James, in Lombard; and | ||||||
8 | WHEREAS, Rep. Breen was elected to the Illinois House of | ||||||
9 | Representatives in November of 2014 and took his oath of office | ||||||
10 | in January of 2015; he was re-elected to the 48th District seat | ||||||
11 | in November of 2016; and | ||||||
12 | WHEREAS, In recognition of his leadership and expertise, | ||||||
13 | Rep. Breen was appointed to serve in February of 2017 on the | ||||||
14 | Joint Commission on Administrative Rules (JCAR), a | ||||||
15 | bi-partisan, bi-cameral legislative oversight committee; and | ||||||
16 | WHEREAS, In further recognition of his leadership within | ||||||
17 | the 51-member House Republican Caucus, Rep. Breen was elevated | ||||||
18 | to the position of House Republican Floor Leader in July of | ||||||
19 | 2017, where he served the caucus as the lead debater on bills | ||||||
20 | brought to the House floor for discussion and debate; and | ||||||
21 | WHEREAS, During his four years in the Illinois House of |
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1 | Representatives, Rep. Breen served on several influential | ||||||
2 | House Committees, including the Energy, Financial | ||||||
3 | Institutions, Judiciary-Civil, Labor & Commerce, Public | ||||||
4 | Utilities, Restorative Justice, Consumer Protection, Economic | ||||||
5 | Development & Housing, and Insurance Committees; he also served | ||||||
6 | on the Workers' Compensation, Tort Liability Law, Real & | ||||||
7 | Personal Property Law, and Civil Process Subcommittees; and | ||||||
8 | WHEREAS, Rep. Breen always promoted honest dialogue | ||||||
9 | regarding all points of view on legislative issues and has been | ||||||
10 | a fierce advocate of balanced budgets and responsible spending; | ||||||
11 | and | ||||||
12 | WHEREAS, Rep. Breen was respected for his unwavering | ||||||
13 | support of rights for unborn children; and | ||||||
14 | WHEREAS, Over the last four years, Rep. Breen ushered 32 | ||||||
15 | bills into law as the chief sponsor and championed dozens of | ||||||
16 | other bills that became laws as a chief co-sponsor or sponsor; | ||||||
17 | and | ||||||
18 | WHEREAS, Rep. Breen was the chief sponsor of Public Act | ||||||
19 | 100-0186, an electronic document filing bill that will save | ||||||
20 | small businesses and non-profits millions in filing fees; and | ||||||
21 | WHEREAS, Rep. Breen also authored Public Act 99-0646, the |
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1 | Local
Government Wage Increase Transparency Act, which seeks to | ||||||
2 | put an end to pension spiking at the local level; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Rep. Breen showed a commitment to public safety by | ||||||
4 | serving as the chief Republican negotiator of bipartisan | ||||||
5 | legislation signed into law as Public Act 100-0607, which | ||||||
6 | provides a procedure for family members or law enforcement to | ||||||
7 | petition for an emergency restraining order to prohibit a | ||||||
8 | dangerous person from possessing firearms; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Rep. Breen worked with suburban families with | ||||||
10 | autistic children who attend Lombard's Soaring Eagle Academy | ||||||
11 | and passed legislation signed into law as Public Act 100-0667, | ||||||
12 | which allows the Soaring Eagle Academy to transport its K-8 | ||||||
13 | students to off-site locations for learning opportunities; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Rep. Breen has been honored with a multitude of | ||||||
15 | awards and recognitions during his time in the General | ||||||
16 | Assembly, including the Guardian of Small Business Award from | ||||||
17 | the Illinois branch of the National Federation of Independent | ||||||
18 | Businesses, the Perfect Scorecard for Environmental | ||||||
19 | Stewardship Award from the Illinois Environmental Council, the | ||||||
20 | Champion of Free Enterprise Award from the Illinois Chamber of | ||||||
21 | Commerce, the TMA Perfect Score Award from the Illinois | ||||||
22 | Technology & Manufacturing Association, and the Friend of | ||||||
23 | Manufacturing Award from the Illinois Manufacturers' |
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1 | Association; therefore, be it
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
3 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
4 | congratulate State Representative Peter Breen on making a | ||||||
5 | positive difference in the lives of the people he represented | ||||||
6 | in the 48th District, DuPage County, and across Illinois, and | ||||||
7 | we wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it | ||||||
8 | further
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9 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
10 | presented to Rep. Breen, his wife, Margie, and their sons, as | ||||||
11 | an expression of our esteem and respect for our colleague and | ||||||
12 | friend.
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