Full Text of HR1368 096th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Wisconsin State | 4 | | Representative Annette Polly Williams on her retirement; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Representative Williams was born on January 10, | 6 | | 1937, in Belzoni, Mississippi; she is a graduate of North | 7 | | Division High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and she received | 8 | | her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of | 9 | | Wisconsin-Milwaukee; she is the mother of four, grandmother of | 10 | | seven, and great-grandmother of two; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, She was elected to serve the 10th Assembly | 12 | | District in 1980; she was the longest serving woman in the | 13 | | history of the Wisconsin State Legislature until her retirement | 14 | | decision; she has the distinction of being the first Democratic | 15 | | Legislator in Wisconsin history to be appointed a committee | 16 | | chair by a Republican controlled Legislature; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, During her time with the Wisconsin State | 18 | | Legislature she has served on a variety of committees, | 19 | | including: Women and Minorities, Commerce and Community | 20 | | Affairs, Primary and Secondary Education, Consumer and | 21 | | Commercial Credit, Census and Redistricting, Financial | 22 | | Institutions, and others; she has chaired the Assembly |
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| 1 | | Committee on Education Reform, the Assembly Committee on Urban | 2 | | Education, the Assembly Committee on Consumer Affairs, the | 3 | | Assembly Committee on Commerce and Consumer Affairs, and the | 4 | | Assembly Committee on Small Business; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Representative Williams has received many awards, | 6 | | including: the National Black Caucus of State Legislators | 7 | | Presidents Award for Distinguished Service in 1990, the United | 8 | | Community Center's Friends of the Hispanic Community Award in | 9 | | 1991, Freedom Magazine's 1992 National Human Rights Award, the | 10 | | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's 1998 Life Time Achievement | 11 | | Award, the Milwaukee Times' Black Excellence (Pioneer) Award in | 12 | | 2001, and the Ouadrevon Hennings' Foundation Award; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Representative Williams plans on spending more | 14 | | time with her family and her church, while continuing to stay | 15 | | involved with the community and fighting for issues relating to | 16 | | children and their families; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 | | congratulate Wisconsin State Representative Annette Polly | 20 | | Williams on her retirement and wish her all the best in her | 21 | | future endeavors; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to Annette Polly Williams as a symbol of our respect | 2 | | and esteem.
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