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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ____
1 2 BY IVERSON, KRAMER, GRONSTAL, and DVORSKY
1 3 A Senate Resolution honoring Senator John Jensen for
1 4 his dedication to restoring the Iowa State Capitol
1 5 to its original beauty and grace.
1 6 WHEREAS, Senator John Jensen has been a respected
1 7 member of the Iowa Senate for almost six terms; and
1 8 WHEREAS, Senator Jensen has exhibited an
1 9 extraordinary sense of pride in the magnificent Iowa
1 10 State Capitol; and
1 11 WHEREAS, this pride has been demonstrated by
1 12 conducting extensive "fifty-cent tours" for visitors,
1 13 legislators, and state employees to every corner of
1 14 the State Capitol; and
1 15 WHEREAS, this pride can be warmly experienced by
1 16 any person who inquires into any aspect of the State
1 17 Capitol; and
1 18 WHEREAS, Senator Jensen has made the restoration,
1 19 conservation, and preservation of the Iowa State
1 20 Capitol his personal and professional mission during
1 21 his tenure in the Iowa Senate; and
1 22 WHEREAS, Senator Jensen's devotion to the State
1 23 Capitol has included service as chairperson and vice
1 24 chairperson of the Capital Projects Committee of the
1 25 Legislative Council and cochairperson of the Joint
1 26 Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation,
1 27 Infrastructure and Capitals, as well as service on the
1 28 Capitol Planning Commission and the Capital Projects
1 29 Workgroup and charter membership in the Friends of
1 30 Capitol Hill Inc.; and
2 1 WHEREAS, Senator Jensen has raised public and
2 2 private funds for the purpose of returning the State
2 3 Capitol to grandeur without any regard to self-
2 4 interest; and
2 5 WHEREAS, the members of the Senate and the citizens
2 6 of Iowa sincerely appreciate the pride, devotion, and
2 7 hard work exhibited by Senator Jensen in the grand
2 8 effort to restore the State Capitol; NOW THEREFORE,
2 9 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
2 10 extends its congratulations to Senator Jensen on the
2 11 completion of an eighteen-year effort to restore the
2 12 exterior of the Iowa State Capitol to its original
2 13 beauty and grace and honors the dedication of Senator
2 14 Jensen to this effort and to the continued renovation
2 15 and restoration of the interior of the State Capitol.
2 16 LSB 3626XS 79
2 17 nh/pj/5
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