Bill Text: IL HR0727 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Kurt DeWeese on the occasion of his retirement as a Legislative Staff Research Analyst for the Democratic leadership of the Illinois House of Representatives.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-10-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR0727 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0727-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Kurt DeWeese on the | ||||||
4 | occasion of his retirement on January 1, 2010, after 38 1/2 | ||||||
5 | years of dedicated service as a Legislative Staff Research | ||||||
6 | Analyst for the Democratic Leadership of the Illinois House of | ||||||
7 | Representatives; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Kurt DeWeese attended Fairchild School in Normal | ||||||
9 | and graduated from University School in Carbondale; he attended | ||||||
10 | American Community School in Saigon, South Vietnam from 1965 to | ||||||
11 | 1966; he attended Oregon State University in 1967, then | ||||||
12 | transferred to and earned his bachelor's degree in education | ||||||
13 | from Illinois State University in January of 1971; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Prior to his graduation from ISU, Kurt DeWeese | ||||||
15 | served as a student teacher at Austin High School in Chicago; | ||||||
16 | during this period, he applied for entrance to the Illinois | ||||||
17 | Legislative Staff Intern Program (ILSIP); after being chosen by | ||||||
18 | then-Democratic Leader Clyde Choate, he began his career of | ||||||
19 | public service with the 76th General Assembly as a legislative | ||||||
20 | intern in October of 1971; during his time as an intern, he | ||||||
21 | became dedicated to the General Assembly's mission to assure | ||||||
22 | the health and safety of the people of the State of Illinois; | ||||||
23 | and
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1 | WHEREAS, After his tenure as a legislative intern, Kurt | ||||||
2 | DeWeese was selected to serve as a Health & Human Services | ||||||
3 | Analyst for the Democratic Leadership of the Illinois House; as | ||||||
4 | an analyst, he has proven to be an invaluable resource to the | ||||||
5 | members of the Illinois House of Representatives and Senate | ||||||
6 | through his work with the various standing and temporary | ||||||
7 | committees and legislative task forces on a myriad of issues; | ||||||
8 | and
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9 | WHEREAS, Kurt DeWeese has consistently served as a voice of | ||||||
10 | expertise and insight on numerous critical issues that the | ||||||
11 | General Assembly has faced, including health planning reform; | ||||||
12 | nursing home regulation; human service agency reorganization; | ||||||
13 | the revision and editing of the Mental Health & Developmental | ||||||
14 | Disabilities Code and the Illinois Public Aid Code; the | ||||||
15 | licensure of new health facilities and professions; managed | ||||||
16 | care and numerous other health insurance reforms; the creation | ||||||
17 | and development of the child abuse and neglect reporting and | ||||||
18 | investigation system; child day care reform; child foster care | ||||||
19 | reform; tobacco settlement fund distribution; hospital and | ||||||
20 | long-term care Medicaid Provider Tax programs; the State | ||||||
21 | Response to AIDS/HIV disease; public health emergency response | ||||||
22 | planning; the State response to Alzheimer's and related | ||||||
23 | disorders; Rural/Downstate and Medically Underserved Health | ||||||
24 | development; the reform of mental health and developmental |
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1 | disability services; universal health care; welfare reform; | ||||||
2 | various expansions/reforms of the Medical Assistance | ||||||
3 | (Medicaid) program; the creation and reform of various | ||||||
4 | prescription drug assistance programs; and the establishment | ||||||
5 | and development of home and community-based care for the | ||||||
6 | elderly and disabled; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Throughout his long legislative career, Kurt | ||||||
8 | DeWeese has served under the guidance of Chiefs of Staff | ||||||
9 | Douglas Kane, Ward Johnson, Jim Andrews, Gary LaPaille, and Tim | ||||||
10 | Mapes and Research/Appropriations Staff Directors Veronica | ||||||
11 | Lynch, Bill Foster, Bob Carter, Mary Ellen Lynch, Ralph | ||||||
12 | Nickell, Tony Rossi, Terri Coombes, and John Lowder; and he has | ||||||
13 | worked under the direction of the chairpersons of numerous | ||||||
14 | committees, including Representatives Eugenia Chapman, Jesse | ||||||
15 | White, Michael Holewinski, Aaron Jaffe, Eugene Barnes, Eugene | ||||||
16 | Moore, David Phelps, Thaddeus Lechowicz, Lee Preston, Andrew | ||||||
17 | McGann, John Cullerton, Carol Ronen, Jan Schakowsky, Sara | ||||||
18 | Feigenholtz, Bob Rita, Mary Flowers, Barbara Flynn Currie, | ||||||
19 | Naomi Jakobsson, Kathy Ryg, Will Davis, Lisa Dugan, Tom | ||||||
20 | Holbrook, Dan Beiser, Lou Lang, Lee Daniels, William Delgado, | ||||||
21 | Coy Pugh, Connie Howard, John Fritchey, Jack McGuire, and | ||||||
22 | Wyvetter Younge; and
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23 | WHEREAS, During his many years of service in the Illinois | ||||||
24 | House of Representatives, Kurt DeWeese has served faithfully |
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1 | under the leadership of Speakers William A. Redmond and Michael | ||||||
2 | J. Madigan and served the Democratic Leadership during the | ||||||
3 | tenures of Republican Speakers Robert Blair, George Ryan, and | ||||||
4 | Lee Daniels; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Kurt DeWeese was inducted into the Legislative | ||||||
6 | Internship Hall of Fame in 1997; he was also the recipient of | ||||||
7 | the Legislative Staff Achievement Award in 2007 by the | ||||||
8 | Leadership Staff Section of the National Conference of State | ||||||
9 | Legislatures; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Following his retirement from State government, | ||||||
11 | Kurt DeWeese plans to spend more time with his family and | ||||||
12 | engage in other activities within his community; however, he | ||||||
13 | will remain keenly interested in health and human service | ||||||
14 | issues and will hopefully impart his extensive wisdom to future | ||||||
15 | generations; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Kurt DeWeese's legacy of hard work, integrity, and | ||||||
17 | dedication to both the government and people of the State of | ||||||
18 | Illinois will be fondly remembered by the members of this | ||||||
19 | august body; therefore, be it
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20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
21 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
22 | congratulate Kurt DeWeese on the occasion of his retirement, |
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1 | thank him for his many years of dedicated service to the | ||||||
2 | Illinois General Assembly and the people of the State of | ||||||
3 | Illinois, and wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; | ||||||
4 | and be it further
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5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
6 | presented to Kurt DeWeese as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
7 | respect.
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