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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are pleased to honor our esteemed colleague, 
4State Senator Pat McGuire, on his eight years as a member of 
5the Illinois General Assembly and to thank him for his 
6dedicated service to our State and his community; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Senator McGuire attended Catholic schools in his 
8hometown of Joliet; he is the husband of Lora and the father of 
9Molly; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Senator McGuire taught job health and safety to 
11local union members; he also taught English to high school and 
12community college students; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Senator McGuire served his community in elective 
14office as a school board member and a county treasurer before 
15becoming a state senator; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Senator McGuire has represented Illinois Senate 
17District 43 since 2012, serving the people of DuPage and Will 
18Counties for eight years; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Senator McGuire has experience in both private and 
20public schooling; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Senator McGuire was a strong advocate for women 
2and children, acting to toughen penalties on domestic abusers 
3and fund Court Appointed Special Advocate organizations in 
4order to ensure that abused and neglected children are getting 
5the court support that they need and deserve; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Senator McGuire served as the chair of the Senate 
7Higher Education Committee, where he spoke against cuts to the 
8university system during impasse; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Senator McGuire worked to preserve and redevelop 
10Joliet's government facilities, including the Stateville 
11Correctional Center and Collins Street Task Force to preserve 
12the Collins Street prison facility; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Senator McGuire co-sponsored a measure to raise 
14the minimum wage in Illinois to $15 per hour; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Senator McGuire spoke against harmful cuts to 
16programs like child care assistance and fought to preserve 
17payroll for state workers during the two-year budget crisis 
18that occurred early in his career in the Senate; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Senator McGuire worked to form and lead the 
20bipartisan, bicameral Higher Education Working Group; he 
 
 
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1created the AIM HIGH state scholarship; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, Senator McGuire created the Mental Health Early 
3Action on Campus Act; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Senator McGuire dedicated himself to improving 
5the State's Department of Children and Family Services; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Senator McGuire will be remembered as a supporter 
7of workers' rights and an advocate for collective bargaining; 
8he supported worker safety, pushing for worker access to and 
9knowledge of the regulations and protections granted by OSHA 
10and other state workplace safety organizations; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Senator McGuire was a frequent passenger on 
12Amtrak's Lincoln Service; he was also an advocate for the 
13improvement and further development of mass transit in 
14Illinois; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Senator McGuire responded to  the COVID-19 
16pandemic with the goal of providing employees with the means to 
17report improper conditions and providing employers with clear 
18guidance on how to reorganize their workplaces to maximize 
19worker safety; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Senator McGuire was an Edgar Fellows Program 
 
 
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1student of the Class of 2017; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, Senator McGuire has been honored by a number of 
3organizations, including the Romeoville Fraternal Order of 
4Police, the Illinois Leadership Council for Agricultural 
5Education, the Transportation for Illinois Coalition, the 
6Illinois Optometric Association, Leading Age Illinois, Joliet 
7Central, the senior living communities Heritage Woods of 
8Bolingbrook and Woodridge Horizon, the Southwest Coalition on 
9Substance Abuse Issues, and Volunteers of America of Illinois, 
10among others; therefore, be it
  
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
12HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
13we congratulate and honor State Senator Pat McGuire for his 
14dedicated service as a member of the Illinois Senate, and we 
15wish him the best in his future endeavors; and be it further
  
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
17presented to Senator McGuire as an expression of our esteem and 
18respect.