Bill Text: IL HR0440 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Lori Greiner on her successful career as a self-made inventor, entrepreneur, and television personality.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Resolution Adopted [HR0440 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0440-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Lori Greiner on her | ||||||
| 4 | successful career as a self-made inventor, entrepreneur, and | ||||||
| 5 | television personality; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Lori Greiner grew up on the Near North Side of | ||||||
| 7 | Chicago and attended Loyola University; while in college, she | ||||||
| 8 | worked for the Chicago Tribune; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, In 1996, Lori Greiner launched her career when she | ||||||
| 10 | designed and patented a plastic earring organizer that was | ||||||
| 11 | picked up by J.C. Penney before the holiday season; after her | ||||||
| 12 | success with J.C. Penney, she started her own company and | ||||||
| 13 | successfully designed and patented other consumer products; | ||||||
| 14 | her products were sold on the Home Shopping Network and at Bed, | ||||||
| 15 | Bath & Beyond; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, In 2000, Lori Greiner transition to QVC, where she | ||||||
| 17 | began hosting Clever & Unique Creations, one of the | ||||||
| 18 | longest-running shows on the network; in 2012, she joined the | ||||||
| 19 | television show Shark Tank; in 2014, her investment in Scrub | ||||||
| 20 | Daddy, a company that produces a texture changing household | ||||||
| 21 | sponge, was noted as one of the biggest successes in Shark Tank | ||||||
| 22 | history; her other successful Shark Tank investments include | ||||||
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| 1 | Screenmend, FiberFix, Sleep Styler, and Squatty Potty; she | ||||||
| 2 | currently holds over 120 U.S. patents and has created over 700 | ||||||
| 3 | products; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Lori Greiner has achieved success through her | ||||||
| 5 | talent, hard work, and perseverance and serves as a model for | ||||||
| 6 | all future entrepreneurs; her sharp instincts and hands-on | ||||||
| 7 | approach to business have created a true American success | ||||||
| 8 | story; in addition to her efforts in helping people's dreams | ||||||
| 9 | become reality and her passion to help make people's everyday | ||||||
| 10 | lives easier through consumer products, she is a sought-after | ||||||
| 11 | speaker, a published author, and a generous supporter of a | ||||||
| 12 | variety of charitable causes and organizations; therefore, be | ||||||
| 13 | it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 15 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 16 | we congratulate Lori Greiner on her successful career as an | ||||||
| 17 | inventor, entrepreneur, and television personality; and be it | ||||||
| 18 | further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to Lori Greiner as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 21 | respect.
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