| Honoring Sister Sheila Lyne |
June 18, 2013 |
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Jan Schakowsky, D-IL
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"Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Sister Sheila Lyne, RSM, who is retiring after decades of service to Mercy Hospital. She is a recognized leader in the effort to improve the health and wellness of the residents of the city of Chicago."
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| Gun Violence |
June 18, 2013 |
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Richard Durbin, D-IL
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"This past week we lost too many Americans, and too many Illinoisans, to gunfire. Last Monday, 18-year-old April McDaniel was sitting on her porch in Chicago when a masked gunman in a car opened fire, killing April and wounding four of her friends. Last Tuesday, four members of the Andrus family in Darien, Illinois—including the family’s two daughters, ages 16 and 22—were shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide. On Thursday, 19-year-old Robert Allen was killed in a drive-by shooting on the South Side of Chicago. And over the weekend, at least 6 were killed and dozens more were wounded in shootings across the Chicago area."
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| The Dream Act |
June 17, 2013 |
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Richard Durbin, D-IL
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"Now I want my colleagues to meet Carlos and Rafael Robles. Carlos and Rafael were brought to the United States as children. They grew up in suburban Chicago in my home State of Illinois. They were both honor students at Palatine High School and Harper Community College. Carlos is now attending the University of Chicago majoring in education. With DACA, Carlos can pursue his dream to become a teacher and he will have the opportunity to student-teach in a suburban high school in the Chicagoland area. Rafael is at the University of Illinois in Chicago where he is majoring in architecture. After receiving DACA, he is working at Studio Gang Architects, an award-winning architectural firm in the great city of Chicago."
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| Honoring Gene Siegel On His Retirement After 38 Years As Mayor Of Chicago Ridge |
June 14, 2013 |
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Daniel Lipinski, D-IL
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"Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Eugene “Gene” Siegel on his retirement as mayor of the Village of Chicago Ridge. Gene is a dedicated public servant who served as mayor for over 38 years with great honor and dignity. He also served the public in numerous capacities within Cook County government, including deputy coroner for the Cook County Coroner’s Office, assistant chief to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, and member of the Cook County Criminal Justice Commission. He has been Vice Chairman of the Southwest Conference of Mayors and Legislative Chairman for the Southwest Conference of Local Governments."
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| Immigration Reform |
June 14, 2013 |
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Steve King, R-IA
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"Well, that’s a pretty nice, tight, composite summary of the structure of our Constitution and our Federal Government. And it is worthy of a former adjunct law professor who taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago, President Barack Obama. He understood it clearly. He articulated it clearly to the young people there at the high school just outside here in D.C. And March 28, a little over a year later, the President decided that he was no longer going to respect his own word, his own oath of office or his own interpretation of the Constitution and just, I’ll say it wasn’t necessarily an executive whim—I suspect it was more like a political calculation. He did a press conference 2 hours after Janet Napolitano released the memo that created four classes of people who were exempted from the law and gave them a work permit."
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