Bill Text: IA SR116 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution honoring the public service of Senator Hubert Houser.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-23 - Resolution adopted. S.J. 829. [SR116 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SR116-Introduced.html
Senate
Resolution
116
-
Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
116
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
RULES
AND
ADMINISTRATION
A
Resolution
honoring
the
public
service
of
Senator
1
Hubert
Houser.
2
WHEREAS,
Hubert
Houser
comes
from
a
family
that
has
3
long
been
involved
in
public
service
to
Iowa,
with
both
4
his
grandfather
and
brother
holding
public
office;
and
5
WHEREAS,
Senator
Houser
began
his
own
public
service
6
in
Pottawattamie
County
serving
on
the
Pottawattamie
7
County
Board
of
Supervisors,
the
Carson-Macedonia
8
School
Board,
and
the
Pottawattamie
County
Economic
9
Development
Board;
and
10
WHEREAS,
Hubert
Houser
was
elected
to
the
House
of
11
Representatives
in
1992,
beginning
over
20
years
of
12
legislative
service;
and
13
WHEREAS,
in
2004,
Senator
Houser
was
first
14
elected
to
the
Senate,
where
he
has
now
served
for
10
15
years;
and
16
WHEREAS,
over
the
next
decade
Senator
Houser
served
17
on
a
variety
of
legislative
committees,
including
18
the
Agriculture,
Appropriations,
Labor
and
Business
19
Relations,
Local
Government,
Natural
Resources
and
20
Environment
(Chair),
Transportation,
Ways
and
Means,
21
and
Economic
Growth/Rebuild
Iowa
(Ranking
Member)
22
standing
committees,
and
the
Agriculture
and
Natural
23
Resources
Appropriations
Subcommittee
(Vice
Chair);
and
24
WHEREAS,
Senator
Houser
is
known
as
an
adept
floor
25
manager,
acting
as
the
primary
floor
manager
for
26
the
mental
health
reforms
and
property
tax
relief
27
legislation
enacted
in
1995
and
for
the
Iowa
community
28
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116
empowerment
legislation
enacted
in
1998
that
enhanced
1
Iowa’s
leadership
by
engaging
education,
health,
and
2
human
services
agencies
at
the
state
and
local
levels
3
to
address
school
readiness
and
the
needs
of
young
4
children,
now
known
as
Early
Childhood
Iowa;
and
5
WHEREAS,
Senator
Houser
also
served
on
the
6
Legislative
Council
and
the
International
Relations
7
Committee
of
the
Legislative
Council,
the
Iowa
Economic
8
Development
Authority
Board,
and
the
Iowa
Power
Fund
9
Board;
NOW
THEREFORE,
10
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
honors
11
Senator
Hubert
Houser
for
his
decades
of
service
on
12
both
the
state
and
local
level
and
wishes
him
all
the
13
best
in
the
future.
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