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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Indigency has been a persistent social problem
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| throughout history and has reached an intolerable level
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| throughout our country; and
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| WHEREAS, People in urban, suburban, and rural areas of
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| Illinois experience indigency, proving that it is not just a
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| big city problem; and
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| WHEREAS, Each year sees an increase in the number of
deaths |
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| among those who lack funds to provide the barest
essentials of |
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| life; and
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| WHEREAS, Bitter cold winters and extremely hot summers
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| cost the lives of those individuals who simply could not afford |
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| heating or air coolants and died from exposure; and
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WHEREAS, In remembering those who have died, we must
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| out to help those in need; the extent to which our
society can |
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| counter the effects of indigency is a good
measure of its |
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| humaneness; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| proclaim Wednesday, May, 26, 2004, as "We Remember, We Care for |
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| Indigent Persons Day in Illinois", and that we urge all |
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| citizens to observe, inform themselves of, and support efforts |
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| to care for the indigent; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to W. Earl Lewis, Director of the Memorial Ministry |
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| of Indigent Persons.
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