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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to honor our friend and colleague, | ||||||
4 | Illinois State Representative Pam Roth, for her years of | ||||||
5 | dedicated service to the people of the State of Illinois; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Representative Pam Roth was born in Washington, | ||||||
7 | Iowa; she grew up embracing the old-fashioned values of hard | ||||||
8 | work and community service embodied in the farming community in | ||||||
9 | which she was raised; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Representative Pam Roth earned her degree in | ||||||
11 | business administration and accounting from the University of | ||||||
12 | Nevada in 1997; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Representative Pam Roth enjoyed a successful | ||||||
14 | career in the business and accounting industry as a Certified | ||||||
15 | Public Accountant in both the public and private sectors for 12 | ||||||
16 | years; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Representative Pam Roth served as a senior | ||||||
18 | financial analyst for a nuclear power facility in Morris; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Representative Pam Roth and her husband, Steve | ||||||
20 | Roth, are the parents of 2 boys, Jared and Jacob; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Representative Pam Roth was elected to the Board | ||||||
2 | of Education for Saratoga School District 60C in April of 2007 | ||||||
3 | and served as Board President from 2009 to 2011; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Representative Pam Roth was involved as a | ||||||
5 | volunteer for the Morris Rotary Club, the Morris Warriors | ||||||
6 | Football organization, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and Cub | ||||||
7 | Scout Pack 476 as the Committee Chair; and | ||||||
8 | WHEREAS, Representative Pam Roth was appointed to the | ||||||
9 | Illinois House of Representatives in December of 2010 and | ||||||
10 | re-elected in 2012; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Representative Pam Roth honorably represented the | ||||||
12 | people of Grundy, LaSalle, Will, Kendall, Kankakee, and | ||||||
13 | Iroquois counties; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Representative Pam Roth served with distinction | ||||||
15 | on the Appropriations - Human Services, Elementary and | ||||||
16 | Secondary Education, Insurance, Energy, Business Growth and | ||||||
17 | Incentives, and Consumer Protection Committees; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Representative Pam Roth is a graduate of the | ||||||
19 | inaugural class of Edgar Leadership Fellows and was one of only | ||||||
20 | 3 Illinoisans chosen for the Bowhay Institute for Legislative |
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1 | Leadership Development program; and | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, Representative Pam Roth has been a leader in the | ||||||
3 | General Assembly on the fight to recognize dyslexia as a true | ||||||
4 | problem affecting many children and adults; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Representative Pam Roth placed the health and | ||||||
6 | wellness of her constituents at the forefront of her priorities | ||||||
7 | by hosting annual senior wellness fairs, as well as children's | ||||||
8 | fairs that focused on safety and education; and | ||||||
9 | WHEREAS, Representative Pam Roth has been a strong voice | ||||||
10 | for fiscal responsibility, consistently voting to slash her own | ||||||
11 | pay and by working to balance the budget while holding the line | ||||||
12 | on taxes to protect the citizens of Illinois; and | ||||||
13 | WHEREAS, During her 3 years in the Illinois House of | ||||||
14 | Representatives, Representative Pam Roth served as the Chief | ||||||
15 | Sponsor of more than 45 Public Acts and as a co-sponsor for | ||||||
16 | many other Public Acts; therefore, be it
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17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
18 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
19 | we honor our friend and colleague Illinois State Representative | ||||||
20 | Pam Roth for her years of dedicated service to the people of | ||||||
21 | this State and wish her great success and happiness in her |
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1 | future endeavors; and be it further
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2 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
3 | presented to Representative Pam Roth and her family as a symbol | ||||||
4 | of our esteem and respect.
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