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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to recognize Illinois State
4Representative Adam Brown for his years of service and hard
5work on behalf of the people of the State of Illinois; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Representative Brown married his wife, Stephanie,
7during his first term in office; they are the proud parents of
8two children, Elise and Kenton; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Representative Brown received his undergraduate
10degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and
11earned a master's degree in public administration from the
12University of Illinois at Springfield; and
 
13    WHEREAS, At age 23, Representative Brown was the youngest
14person ever elected to the Decatur City Council, serving as
15Councilman from 2009 to 2010, before being elected to the
16Illinois House of Representatives; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Representative Brown was honored to be selected as
18a 2013 Edgar Fellow and earned recognition as one of the
19Central Illinois Business Journal's Top 20 under 40; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Representative Brown is pleased to serve as

 

 

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1Republican Conference Chairperson and is one of the youngest
2members to ever be named to House Republican Leadership; and
 
3    WHEREAS, During his three terms as State Representative,
4Representative Brown has focused on job creation, cutting
5wasteful spending, and increasing accountability and
6transparency in Illinois State government; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Representative Brown worked in a bipartisan
8manner to sponsor and pass an incentive package to secure the
9$1.2 billion urea fertilizer production plant that Cronus
10Chemicals LLC, Inc. is building in Tuscola; construction of the
11facility will create approximately 2,000 construction jobs and
12attract at least $500 million in investment to east central
13Illinois; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Representative Brown is a fifth-generation family
15farmer and is retiring from the Illinois House of
16Representatives to lead the operation of B & B Farms;
17therefore, be it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
19NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
20congratulate our friend and colleague, Representative Adam
21Brown, on his retirement from the Illinois House of
22Representatives, and we wish him the best in all his future

 

 

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1endeavors; and be it further
 
2    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3presented to Representative Brown as a symbol of our respect
4and esteem.