Bill Text: IA SR115 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution honoring Senator Dennis H. Black for over three decades of service in the Iowa General Assembly.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-23 - Resolution adopted. S.J. 828. [SR115 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SR115-Introduced.html
Senate
Resolution
115
-
Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
115
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
RULES
AND
ADMINISTRATION
A
Resolution
honoring
Senator
Dennis
H.
Black
for
1
over
three
decades
of
service
in
the
Iowa
General
2
Assembly.
3
WHEREAS,
Dennis
H.
Black
was
first
elected
to
the
4
House
of
Representatives
in
1982,
and
after
six
terms
5
he
was
elected
to
the
Senate
in
1994;
and
6
WHEREAS,
both
as
a
profession
and
avocation,
Senator
7
Black
was
a
conservationist,
and
as
time
passed,
he
8
showed
a
passion
and
talent
for
history;
and
9
WHEREAS,
over
three
decades,
Senator
Black
has
10
served
on
a
wide
array
of
legislative
committees,
11
currently
serving
on
the
Agriculture,
Appropriations,
12
Natural
Resources
and
Environment
(Vice
Chair),
13
Veterans
Affairs,
and
Ways
and
Means
standing
14
committees,
the
Agriculture
and
Natural
Resources
15
Appropriations
Subcommittee
(Chair),
and
the
16
International
Relations
Committee
of
the
Legislative
17
Council;
and
18
WHEREAS,
Senator
Black
also
served
as
an
unofficial
19
Iowa
ambassador,
traveling
around
the
world
to
promote
20
Iowa
ties
and
here
in
the
Statehouse
greeting
foreign
21
guests
and
showing
them
Iowa
hospitality;
and
22
WHEREAS,
Senator
Black
tirelessly
promoted
Iowa
23
agriculture
through
international
trade;
and
24
WHEREAS,
well
into
his
legislative
career,
Senator
25
Black
researched
and
promoted
Iowa
and
American
26
history,
leading
to
his
publication
of
“Profiles
of
27
Valor”,
the
Senator’s
profile
of
Iowa’s
57
Civil
War
28
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Medal
of
Honor
recipients;
NOW
THEREFORE,
1
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
2
honors
the
public
service
of
Senator
Dennis
H.
Black
3
——
conservationist,
lawmaker,
good-will
ambassador,
4
historian,
and
author
——
and
wishes
him
the
best
in
the
5
years
to
come.
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