Full Text of HJR0131 94th General Assembly
HJ0131 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Congressman Henry J. Hyde will be retiring from | 3 |
| the Untied States Congress at the end of his current term; and
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| WHEREAS, He has honorably served the people of the 6th | 5 |
| District since first being elected to Congress in 1975; and
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| WHEREAS, Since 1982 he has served on and is the current | 7 |
| chairman of the House International Relations Committee, where | 8 |
| he has played a vital role in the nation's war on terrorism and | 9 |
| has been involved in crucial debates about international arms | 10 |
| control, the War Powers Act, the expansion of NATO, and the | 11 |
| congressional investigation of the Iran-Contra affair; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1985 to 1991, Congressman Hyde served as the | 13 |
| ranking Republican on the House Select Committee on | 14 |
| Intelligence, where he worked to ensure that the nation's | 15 |
| intelligence community was adequately funded; and
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| WHEREAS, Since 1975, he has served on the House Judiciary | 17 |
| Committee, serving as its chairman from 1995 to 2001; and
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| WHEREAS, Congressman Hyde has worked to help his District | 19 |
| through public works projects, flood control, clean drinking | 20 |
| water, citizenship projects in local school districts, and new | 21 |
| housing developments for senior citizens and special needs | 22 |
| children; and
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| WHEREAS, Before serving in the U.S. Congress, he served in | 24 |
| the Illinois House of Representatives from 1966 to 1974; during | 25 |
| that time he was one of the House's outspoken and articulate | 26 |
| debaters, rising to majority leader; and
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| WHEREAS, He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on November 11, 1942, | 28 |
| attended the Navy V-12 Program at Duke University and Notre |
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| Dame University, was Commissioned as Ensign, USNR, and served | 2 |
| in the South Pacific, New Guinea, and in combat in the | 3 |
| Philippines; and
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| WHEREAS, He also served in the U.S. Naval Reserves from | 5 |
| 1946 to 1968 and retired at the rank of Commander after serving | 6 |
| as officer in charge, U.S. Naval Intelligence Reserve Unit in | 7 |
| Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Congressman Hyde graduated in 1947 from | 9 |
| Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., with a Bachelor of | 10 |
| Science and from Loyola University School of Law, Chicago, in | 11 |
| 1949 with a Juris Doctor; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, He was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1950 and | 13 |
| entered private practice specializing in litigation; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Congressman Hyde is a past President of the Trial | 15 |
| Lawyers Club of Chicago and the past Chairman of the Illinois | 16 |
| Crime Investigating Commission; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, He grew up in Chicago as an Irish-Catholic; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, Congressman Hyde was married to Jeanne Simpson | 19 |
| Hyde for 45 years until her death in 1992; they have four | 20 |
| children and four grandchildren; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, The residents of DuPage County are lucky to have | 22 |
| had such a strong leader, expert, and advocate; therefore, be | 23 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 25 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 26 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we offer our sincere | 27 |
| appreciation to the honorable Henry J. Hyde, Congressman of | 28 |
| Illinois' 6th District, for his many years of public service; |
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| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we salute Congressman Hyde's tireless | 3 |
| efforts on behalf of the 6th Congressional District, the State | 4 |
| of Illinois, and the entire country;
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to Congressman Henry J. Hyde.
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