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1 | | WHEREAS, As a ranking member of the House Committee on |
2 | | Veterans' Affairs, Representative Lane Evans advocated for |
3 | | veterans of the Vietnam War who were exposed to Agent Orange |
4 | | and helped them to receive compensation for their exposure to |
5 | | the chemical agents; he led efforts to increase funding for |
6 | | various veteran assistance programs and was among the first |
7 | | members of Congress to take on issues like post-traumatic |
8 | | stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, which have affected |
9 | | many veterans of the Iraq War; he also championed numerous |
10 | | other initiatives, including legislation to ban landmines and |
11 | | the fight to keep the Rock Island Arsenal open, and was lauded |
12 | | for his votes against the North American Free Trade Agreement, |
13 | | the Gulf War, and the Iraq War; and
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14 | | WHEREAS, Representative Lane Evans is survived by his 3 |
15 | | brothers; therefore, be it
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16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
17 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
18 | | we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of |
19 | | former United States Representative Lane Evans; and be it |
20 | | further
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21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
22 | | presented to the family of Representative Lane Evans as an |