Full Text of HJR0031 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Representative Lane Evans was born on August 4, | 3 | | 1951; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Representative Lane Evans was a graduate of | 5 | | Alleman High School in Rock Island; he subsequently earned | 6 | | degrees from Augustana College and the Georgetown University | 7 | | Law Center; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Representative Lane Evans served his country with | 9 | | distinction in the United States Marine Corps from 1969 to | 10 | | 1977; during his stint in the military, he was posted in the | 11 | | United States and in Okinawa, Japan; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Representative Lane Evans served the citizens of | 13 | | the 17th Congressional District with pride as a member of the | 14 | | United States House of Representatives from 1982 to 2006; | 15 | | during his career as a Representative, he became well known by | 16 | | his constituents and peers as a man of the people who cared | 17 | | deeply for the well-being of his fellow veterans; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, As a ranking member of the House Committee on | 19 | | Veterans' Affairs, Representative Lane Evans advocated for | 20 | | veterans of the Vietnam War who were exposed to Agent Orange | 21 | | and helped them to receive compensation for their exposure to |
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| 1 | | the chemical agents; he led efforts to increase funding for | 2 | | various veteran assistance programs and was among the first | 3 | | members of Congress to take on issues like post-traumatic | 4 | | stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, which have affected | 5 | | many veterans of the Iraq War; he also championed numerous | 6 | | other initiatives, including legislation to ban landmines and | 7 | | the fight to keep the Rock Island Arsenal open, and was lauded | 8 | | for his votes against the North American Free Trade Agreement, | 9 | | the Gulf War, and the Iraq War; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Representative Lane Evans passed away on November | 11 | | 5, 2014; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 14 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the new Interstate | 15 | | 74 bridge between the Cities of Moline and Bettendorf, Iowa as | 16 | | the Representative Lane Evans Memorial Bridge in recognition of | 17 | | his distinguished career of public service; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 19 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | 20 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | 21 | | giving notice of the name of the Representative Lane Evans | 22 | | Memorial Bridge; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Representative Lane Evans, the | 3 | | Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the | 4 | | Mayors of the Cities of Moline and Bettendorf, Iowa.
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