Full Text of SR1593 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois National Guard consists of over | 3 | | 13,000 of the best and brightest citizens of the
State of | 4 | | Illinois; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois National Guard honorably serves the | 6 | | State and has helped keep our State safe
during floods, | 7 | | snowstorms, tornados, and disasters, both natural and | 8 | | man-made, since its inception; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois National Guard has honorably served | 10 | | in the ongoing War on Terror since America
was attacked on | 11 | | September 11, 2001; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois National Guard's state mission is "To | 13 | | provide trained and disciplined forces for
domestic | 14 | | emergencies or as otherwise provided by state law"; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, The citizens of the State of Illinois are best | 16 | | protected from disasters, both natural and manmade,
by having | 17 | | the soldiers of the Illinois National Guard remain standing | 18 | | watch within our State,
instead of stationed at the Mexican | 19 | | border; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, No foreign army is amassed at our country's |
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| 1 | | southern borders, threatening invasion; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Governor Bruce Rauner indicated that he would be | 3 | | open to sending the soldiers of the Illinois
National Guard | 4 | | 1,000 miles away to serve in a federal capacity, guarding the | 5 | | border with Mexico; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The safety and security of the citizens of the | 7 | | State of Illinois, along with the safety and security
of our | 8 | | National Guard members, must take precedence over the political | 9 | | aspirations of our
executive branch; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge Governor Bruce | 12 | | Rauner to put the safety and security of the citizens of the | 13 | | State of Illinois first and
not deploy the soldiers and airmen | 14 | | of the Illinois National Guard to the Mexican border; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 17 | | delivered to Governor Bruce Rauner and Major
General Richard J. | 18 | | Hayes Jr., Adjutant General of Illinois.
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