Full Text of HJR0099 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | 3 | | Assembly pays honor and respect to the truly great individuals | 4 | | who have served our country and, in doing so, have worked hard | 5 | | to improve and enhance the State of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Rodney Lee Davis was born in Des | 7 | | Moines, Iowa on January 5, 1970; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Davis and his family moved to | 9 | | Taylorville when he was a child; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Davis graduated from Taylorville High | 11 | | School in 1988 and received his Bachelor of Arts in Political | 12 | | Science from Millikin University in 1992; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Davis worked as the projects director | 14 | | in Congressman John Shimkus' district office for 16 years; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Davis was elected to the United | 16 | | States House of Representative in 2012 to represent the 13th | 17 | | District in Illinois; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, During his time in Congress, Congressman Davis | 19 | | established himself as an effective lawmaker who could govern |
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| 1 | | and work with his colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pass | 2 | | legislation, even in a divided government; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Davis advocated for the priorities of | 4 | | the 13th District and Illinois in Washington; since arriving | 5 | | in Congress, he has served on both the Transportation and | 6 | | Infrastructure Committee and the Committee on Agriculture, | 7 | | which allowed him to be a leader on issues essential to | 8 | | commerce in Illinois; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Davis worked to promote America's | 10 | | national security and support the men and women of America's | 11 | | armed forces through the National Defense Authorization Act | 12 | | (NDAA); he also worked to promote Scott Air Force Base, which | 13 | | is a vital part of the Metro East community and economy; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Davis successfully included language | 15 | | in the U.S. House version of the 2023 NDAA to protect the C-40C | 16 | | aircraft and the 932nd Airlift Wing flying mission at Scott | 17 | | AFB; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Davis successfully passed his | 19 | | Counting All Military Votes Act, which ensures that all | 20 | | active-duty and deployed military personnel who wish to vote | 21 | | will have their ballots mailed to their clerks in a timely | 22 | | manner; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Davis also successfully passed the | 2 | | Fallen Heroes Family Travel Act, which reimburses travel costs | 3 | | for families of service members who are traveling to obtain | 4 | | the remains of their loved ones who lost their lives in the | 5 | | line of duty; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Davis wrote and passed the Hire More | 7 | | Heroes Act, which helps small businesses hire veterans by | 8 | | amending the Affordable Care Act; it overwhelmingly passed the | 9 | | U.S. House with more than 400 supporting votes and was signed | 10 | | into law in July 2015; this, along with his bill, the EACH Act, | 11 | | are some of the few pieces of legislation signed into law to | 12 | | amend the Affordable Care Act; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, In 2018, Congressman Davis successfully passed | 14 | | legislation reforming the Federal Emergency Management | 15 | | Agency's (FEMA) disaster declaration process to help level the | 16 | | playing field for rural communities in Illinois and across the | 17 | | country that are seeking federal aid for disasters; his | 18 | | legislation, which was signed into law in October 2018, | 19 | | requires FEMA to place greater consideration on the localized | 20 | | impact of a natural disaster; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Davis is married to Shannon R. Davis | 22 | | and has three children, Toryn, Clark, and Griffin; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The expansion of Illinois Route 29 between | 2 | | Taylorville and Rochester took over two decades of planning | 3 | | and construction; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, On December 23, 1992, Congressman Davis witnessed | 5 | | the crash that took the life of Melody Traughber when her car | 6 | | hit a slick spot on the two-lane road and slid into oncoming | 7 | | traffic; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Melody Traughber was one of seven people killed | 9 | | on Illinois 29 between Springfield and Taylorville from 1988 | 10 | | to 1995, and her death helped spur the creation of Project 29, | 11 | | a grassroots citizens group that lobbied for the widening of | 12 | | the road to four lanes; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Davis was instrumental in the | 14 | | planning and public engagement that lead to the widening of | 15 | | Route 29; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 18 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Route 29 from | 19 | | Cardinal Hill Road in Rochester to East 1600 North Road in | 20 | | Taylorville as the "Congressman Rodney Davis Superhighway"; | 21 | | and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 2 | | is requested to erect, at suitable locations consistent with | 3 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | 4 | | giving notice of the name of the "Congressman Rodney Davis | 5 | | Superhighway"; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Congressman Davis, Taylorville Mayor Bruce Barry, | 8 | | Rochester Village President Joseph C. Suerdieck, and the | 9 | | Secretary of Transportation.
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