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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION 1 3 A Senate Resolution honoring Senator Elaine Szymoniak. 1 4 WHEREAS, Senator Szymoniak is retiring from 1 5 legislative office after completing three terms in 1 6 office as a State Senator; and 1 7 WHEREAS, Senator Szymoniak's distinguished career 1 8 as a state legislator has included service as an 1 9 Assistant Minority Leader during the Seventy-eighth 1 10 General Assembly; and 1 11 WHEREAS, Senator Szymoniak has served as a member 1 12 of the Seventy-third through Seventy-eighth General 1 13 Assemblies, and will have served 12 years at the time 1 14 of her retirement; and 1 15 WHEREAS, Senator Szymoniak's distinguished career 1 16 has also included service in the Senate as Chairperson 1 17 of the Human Resources Committee and of the Human 1 18 Services Appropriations Subcommittee; as Vice 1 19 Chairperson of the Local Government Committee and the 1 20 Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee; and as 1 21 Ranking Member on the Ethics Committee and Human 1 22 Resources Committee; and 1 23 WHEREAS, Senator Szymoniak's record of service is 1 24 not limited to the Iowa General Assembly, but includes 1 25 service as a member of the Des Moines City Council 1 26 from 1977 to 1988; as Board President of the Iowa 1 27 Council for International Understanding; and on the 1 28 Boards of Directors for the House of Mercy, Urban 1 29 Dreams, and Westminster House; and 1 30 WHEREAS, Senator Szymoniak was one of four women 2 1 inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 1999 2 2 and has recently been named one of twelve Women of 2 3 Influence in Des Moines by the Business Record; and 2 4 WHEREAS, Senator Szymoniak has sponsored 2 5 legislation and been instrumental in programs to 2 6 protect children and families and to reform the 2 7 welfare system; has worked to develop the concept of 2 8 community empowerment to assist young children and to 2 9 expand options for child care for working families; 2 10 and has worked to ensure that Iowa children and 2 11 families have access to needed health care; and 2 12 WHEREAS, Senator Szymoniak has been an outspoken 2 13 leader and mediator in the area of health and human 2 14 services, and has labored diligently to reach 2 15 consensus on many sensitive human services issues, in 2 16 order to serve the needs of children and families in 2 17 Iowa; and 2 18 WHEREAS, Senator Szymoniak has served honorably and 2 19 has unselfishly given of her time and efforts to 2 20 further the interests of the State of Iowa and to 2 21 provide beneficial programs for the citizens of Iowa, 2 22 and has been an influential and devoted legislator in 2 23 this state; NOW THEREFORE, 2 24 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate pay 2 25 tribute to Senator Elaine Szymoniak for her devoted 2 26 service to the Iowa General Assembly and the citizens 2 27 of this state and wish her the very best in the years 2 28 ahead; and 2 29 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That an official copy of 2 30 this Resolution be prepared and presented to Senator 3 1 Szymoniak. 3 2 LSB 7138SV 78 3 3 vl/cf/24
Text: SR00123 Text: SR00125 Text: SR00100 - SR00199 Text: SR Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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