Full Text of SJR0020 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, It is appropriate to honor those who have bettered | 3 | | the State of Illinois through public service; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Johnson was born in Champaign to | 5 | | Robert and Margaret Evans Johnson on July 23, 1946; he spent | 6 | | his childhood in Urbana and graduated from Urbana High School; | 7 | | he attended the University of Illinois, graduated Phi Beta | 8 | | Kappa, and was honored with the Bronze Tablet, the University's | 9 | | highest undergraduate honor; he was accepted to the University | 10 | | of Illinois College of Law and graduated with high honors and | 11 | | was elected to the Order of Coif, the national legal honor | 12 | | society, in 1972; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 1971, while still in college, Congressman | 14 | | Johnson began his long career in public service by winning a | 15 | | seat on the Urbana City Council, representing the same Ward | 16 | | that his father had represented; in his four years on the city | 17 | | council, he demonstrated to people throughout Central Illinois | 18 | | that he had a gift for crafting sound policies and taking care | 19 | | of the day-to-day needs of the people he represented; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Upon urging by community leaders, Congressman | 21 | | Johnson decided to run for a seat in the Illinois State | 22 | | Legislature; in 1976, he won a seat in the Illinois House by |
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| 1 | | besting five other Republicans in a tough, but civil, primary; | 2 | | he held that seat in the Statehouse for more than two decades; | 3 | | he resigned as State Representative from the 104th District on | 4 | | November 13, 2000, one week after being elected to the United | 5 | | States House of Representatives to serve the 15th District of | 6 | | Illinois; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Johnson established a strong record | 8 | | of constituent service and was known for walking the Capitol | 9 | | hallways with a cell phone pressed to his ear as he talked to | 10 | | constituents, asking their opinions and addressing their | 11 | | problems; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, While responding to the needs of his District | 13 | | residents was a top priority, Congressman Johnson was also a | 14 | | strong and independent voice on Capitol Hill and pushed for | 15 | | lower taxes, fought to bring federal dollars home to Illinois | 16 | | universities, was a strong advocate for civil liberties, voted | 17 | | consistently to protect our First, Second, and Fourth Amendment | 18 | | Rights, and voted to protect our environment; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Johnson was a leading advocate for the | 20 | | expansion of the use of bio fuels and paid special attention to | 21 | | the needs of veterans; he continued his tradition of opposing | 22 | | tax increases, promoting fiscal responsibility, and upholding | 23 | | conservative, common sense values in the United States |
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| 1 | | Congress; most of all, he wanted to rekindle the spark in the | 2 | | nation's agricultural economy that is vital to the health of | 3 | | the region, nation, and world; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Johnson retired from Congress at the | 5 | | end of his term in 2013; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 8 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of Interstate | 9 | | 57 from I-74 South to Exit 232 as the "Congressman Tim Johnson | 10 | | Highway"; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 12 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | 13 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | 14 | | giving notice of the name "Congressman Tim Johnson Highway"; | 15 | | and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be sent | 17 | | to Congressman Tim Johnson, the Mayor of Champaign, and the | 18 | | Secretary of Transportation.
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