Senate Resolution 155 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2        BY  COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
  1  3 A Resolution to recognize the 30=year legislative
  1  4    career of Senator Michael Connolly.
  1  5    WHEREAS, Senator Michael Connolly, a young high
  1  6 school teacher from Dubuque, was first elected to the
  1  7 House of Representatives in 1978; and
  1  8    WHEREAS, while a member of the House of
  1  9 Representatives, he chaired the Committees on Economic
  1 10 Development, Finance, and Transportation; and
  1 11    WHEREAS, in his 18 years in the Senate, Senator
  1 12 Connolly has been active in many legislative areas,
  1 13 serving as assistant Democratic leader, and chairing
  1 14 the Committees on Education, State Government, and the
  1 15 Administrative Rules Review Committee, serving as
  1 16 Vice=chairperson of the Committees on Government
  1 17 Oversight and Transportation, and serving on the
  1 18 Committees on Business and Labor Relations, Human
  1 19 Resources, Ways and Means, Ethics, Rules and
  1 20 Administration, and a number of appropriations
  1 21 subcommittees; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, in addition to his service in the Senate,
  1 23 Senator Connolly has served on the IPERS Investment
  1 24 Board and the Public Retirement Systems Committee, has
  1 25 been both chair and board member of the Dubuque United
  1 26 Way, and has served as a member of a variety of local
  1 27 civil organizations; and
  1 28    WHEREAS, throughout his long public career Senator
  1 29 Connolly combined an affable and sincere personality
  1 30 with a public zeal for excellence in education and
  2  1 efficiency in government; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  2    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2  3 recognizes Senator Michael Connolly for three decades
  2  4 of legislative service and dedication to the public
  2  5 good, and wishes him and his family well in the
  2  6 decades to come; and
  2  7    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the
  2  8 Senate is directed to prepare an official copy of this
  2  9 Resolution for presentation to Senator Connolly.
  2 10 LSB 6679SV 82
  2 11 jr/rj/8.1