Senate Resolution 160 - Introduced

PAG LIN

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2        BY  COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
  1  3 A Resolution honoring the public service of Senator
  1  4    Mary Adelaide Lundby.
  1  5    WHEREAS, Senator Lundby, this year closes a 22=year
  1  6 legislative career that began in 1986 with her
  1  7 election to the House of Representatives; and
  1  8    WHEREAS, while a member of the House of
  1  9 Representatives, Senator Lundby served as Speaker Pro
  1 10 Tempore from 1993 through 1994; and
  1 11    WHEREAS, in 1994 Senator Lundby was elected to the
  1 12 Iowa Senate; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, in 14 years in the Senate, Senator Lundby
  1 14 has chaired or co=chaired the Committee on Small
  1 15 Business, Economic Development and Tourism, the
  1 16 Committee on Government Oversight, the Oversight and
  1 17 Communications Appropriations Subcommittee and the
  1 18 Administration and Regulation Appropriations
  1 19 Subcommittee, and has served as vice=chairperson or as
  1 20 a member on a variety of committees; and
  1 21    WHEREAS, in 2006 Senator Lundby was elected the
  1 22 Senate Republican leader; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, Senator Lundby holds the distinction of
  1 24 being the first woman elected Speaker Pro Tempore in
  1 25 the House of Representatives and the first woman
  1 26 chosen Co=Majority Leader of the Senate; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, Senator Lundby has been awarded the Friend
  1 28 of Nursing Award in 1997 by the Iowa Nurses
  1 29 Association, and the Public Service Award in 2002 by
  1 30 the Sierra Club of Iowa; and
  2  1    WHEREAS, "retiring" is hardly the word to apply to
  2  2 Senator Lundby, a Senator who is outspoken,
  2  3 good=natured, and kind=hearted in equal part; NOW
  2  4 THEREFORE,
  2  5    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2  6 recognizes Senator Mary Adelaide Lundby for 22 years
  2  7 of legislative service, and honors her dedication to
  2  8 good government and to the betterment of Iowa; and
  2  9    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the
  2 10 Senate is directed to prepare an official copy of this
  2 11 Resolution for presentation to Senator Lundby.
  2 12 LSB 6681SV 82
  2 13 jr/rj/14