Full Text of SR1053 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Senator Carole Pankau has represented the | 3 | | citizens of DuPage County, Illinois, with distinction in the | 4 | | General Assembly for 20 years; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau has served with honor in the Senate | 6 | | since 2005, after 6 terms in the House of
Representatives; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau's priorities have always been | 8 | | those of the people she represents,
and she has served as an | 9 | | advocate for taxpayers, families, and seniors; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau became a lawmaker to make the State | 11 | | of Illinois a better place to live, bringing State government | 12 | | from the marble halls of the Capitol back home to the | 13 | | communities of DuPage County; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, During her time in Springfield, Senator Pankau has | 15 | | fought for common-sense fiscal policy
changes within the | 16 | | State's Medicaid program and served on Medicaid task forces | 17 | | geared toward
ending the State's backlog of Medicaid bills | 18 | | while cutting fraud and waste; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau has sponsored laws providing | 20 | | transparency for State contracts and ease of public
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| 1 | | through State websites; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau has always fought for the rights of | 3 | | Illinois' senior citizens through sponsorship
of | 4 | | senior-related bills ranging from legislation that eased | 5 | | banking transactions to property tax
assistance for seniors; | 6 | | and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau has served as Republican | 8 | | Spokesperson for the Senate Commerce Committee,
helping to | 9 | | guide public policy that impacted small businesses, business | 10 | | competitiveness and
innovation, and consumer protection; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau was selected to serve as Senate | 12 | | Republican Whip from 2009 to 2011; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau also served as a member of the | 14 | | Senate Energy Committee, the Senate
Environment Committee, the | 15 | | Senate Public Health Committee, the Senate State Government
and | 16 | | Veterans' Affairs Committee, co-chair of the Legislative | 17 | | Printing Unit Board, a member
of the Deficit Reduction | 18 | | Committee, the Local Government Consolidation Commission, the
| 19 | | Legislative Research Unit Board, the Commission to the | 20 | | Elimination of Poverty, and the Obesity
Prevention Initiative; | 21 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau has served as the co-chair of the | 2 | | Conference of Women Legislators; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, A number of local and State organizations have | 4 | | honored Senator Pankau for her efforts in the General Assembly, | 5 | | including the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, the Illinois Farm | 6 | | Bureau, the Suburban Mayors Action Coalition, the Management | 7 | | Association of Illinois, the Illinois Federation for Right to | 8 | | Life Inc., the Illinois Coalition for Competitive
| 9 | | Telecommunications, the National Federation of Independent | 10 | | Business, the Illinois Association
for Marriage and Family | 11 | | Therapy, the Illinois Mechanical & Specialty Contractors' | 12 | | Association,
the American Cancer Society, the Respiratory | 13 | | Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago, Lutheran Child & | 14 | | Family Services of Illinois, the Coalition for Comprehensive
| 15 | | Telecommunications, the Illinois Optometric Association, the | 16 | | Employment Law Council of
Illinois, A.B.A.T.E, the Illinois | 17 | | Association of Park Districts, the DuPage
County Farm Bureau, | 18 | | the Village of Schaumburg, DeVry University, the Life Services | 19 | | Network,
and the R.Ed.I. Arts and Education Foundation; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau has been involved in many civic | 21 | | organizations, including the
Bloomingdale Republican Women's | 22 | | Club, the Illinois Federation of Republican Women, the National
| 23 | | Order of Women Legislators, the Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority, Purdue | 24 | | University, the Bank of Itasca
Business Advisory Board, and the |
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| 1 | | First Suburban National Bank Business Advisory Board; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau has been involved in local Chambers | 3 | | of Commerce, including
Addison, Bloomingdale, Carol Stream, | 4 | | Elmhurst, Glendale Heights, Lombard, Roselle, Villa
Park, | 5 | | Wheaton, Winfield, and Wood Dale; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau served as a DuPage County Board | 7 | | member for 8 years; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau served as a Keeneyville School | 9 | | District 20 Board member for 8 years; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, For 18 years, Senator Pankau served as a | 11 | | Bloomingdale Township Republican Organization
Precinct 51 | 12 | | Committeeman; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau served on the DuPage County Board | 14 | | of Health for 4 years and the DuPage
Housing Authority for 4 | 15 | | years; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau has served on the Historic | 17 | | Preservation Commission since 2006; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Since 1992, Senator Pankau has hosted the "In | 19 | | Focus" cable TV Program; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau spent 18 years as a small-business | 2 | | owner and manager; in 1976, Senator Pankau,
together with her | 3 | | husband, John, opened Bloomingdale Carriage Shop and Aaron's | 4 | | Towing; during difficult times, Senator Pankau often climbed | 5 | | into the driver's seat and drove the tow trucks
herself; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau was born August 13, 1947, in | 7 | | Valparaiso, Indiana; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau earned a bachelor's of science | 9 | | degree in accounting from the University of
Illinois; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Senator Pankau and her husband, John, have been | 11 | | married since 1966 and have 4 children
and 11 grandchildren; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In her 20 years as a lawmaker, Senator Pankau has | 14 | | represented her constituents in
Springfield with determination | 15 | | and class, earning the respect and admiration of her colleagues | 16 | | on
both sides of the aisle; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Lawmakers and staff alike know and appreciate | 18 | | Senator Pankau for her energy,
boundless enthusiasm for | 19 | | community service, and her easy-going, cheerful nature; | 20 | | therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Senator | 3 | | Carole Pankau on her retirement from the
Illinois General | 4 | | Assembly after 20 years of honorable and dedicated service; and | 5 | | be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Senator Pankau
with our friendship, our gratitude | 8 | | for her hard work, and our best wishes for her future
| 9 | | endeavors.
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