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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 114

BY  COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION

A Resolution honoring Senator Julian Garrett for his service in the Iowa Senate.

   WHEREAS, Senator Julian Garrett was first elected to the House of Representatives in November 2011 where he served until winning a special election in November 2013 for the Senate where he has served ever since; and
   WHEREAS, Senator Garrett earned a bachelor of arts degree from Central College in Pella, Iowa, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa College of Law; and
   WHEREAS, Senator Garrett is a retired attorney and farmer living in Warren County with his wife, Nancy, and has three children; and
   WHEREAS, Senator Garrett thoroughly enjoyed his time as a volunteer coach for Little League and soccer, serving on the Indianola Little League Board of Directors, and coaching middle school mock trial teams, taking two of those teams to the state tournament; and
   WHEREAS, Senator Garrett takes great pride in being a long-time Farm Bureau member and raising his purebred Charolais cattle on the farm; and
   WHEREAS, Senator Garrett has been an active member of the Warren County Republican Central Committee for over 40 years, and twice served as Ronald Reagan’s campaign chairman in Iowa’s former fifth congressional district; and
   WHEREAS, Senator Garrett previously served for 12 years as Iowa’s assistant attorney general in charge of consumer protection; and
   WHEREAS, during his time in the Senate, Senator Garrett served on the Justice Systems Appropriations Subcommittee (chair and ranking member); the Appropriations, Education, Local Government (chair), Government Oversight (ranking member), International Relations, Judiciary (vice chair), Transportation, and Health and Human Services committees; the Elder Abuse Prevention and Intervention Study Committee, the Civil and Criminal Forfeiture Study Committee, the Prescription Pain Medications Study Committee, and the Violence in Iowa Study Committee; and the Investment Board of the Iowa Public Employee’s Retirement System, the Iowa Commission on Interstate Cooperation, and the Commission on Tobacco Use Prevention and Control; and
   WHEREAS, during his tenure, Senator Garrett has championed efforts to overhaul the nomination process for judges and supported historic tax cuts for Iowans, welfare reform, and the protection of fetal life; and
   WHEREAS, Senator Garrett is grateful to his constituents for their faith in him over the last several years and allowing him to be their voice in the Iowa Senate since 2013; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate honors Senator Julian Garrett for his 15 years of service in the Iowa General Assembly and wishes him all the best in the years to come.