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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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HONORING UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE GABRIELLE GIFFORDS FOR HER | |
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SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA AND THE UNITED STATES | |
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Introduced By: Senator James C. Sheehan | |
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Date Introduced: January 25, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
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WHEREAS, The Honorable Gabrielle Giffords joined the United States Congress on |
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January 4th of 2007, representing the people of Arizona’s 8th District, a 9,000-square mile district |
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that includes a 114-mile border with Mexico, significant parts of Tucson and Pima County, all of |
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Cochise County, and two key military installations: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson |
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and Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista; and |
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WHEREAS, Representative Giffords quickly established herself as a leading champion |
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of border security, energy independence, and the needs of military families and veterans, all |
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issues of great concern to her constituency. She has also been a strong supporter of fiscal |
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responsibility, bipartisanship, and government accountability, and an outspoken supporter of |
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health care reform and economic fairness for poor and middle-class families; and |
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WHEREAS, On January 8th of 2011, Representative Giffords, along with twenty-one |
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others, was fired upon while attending a town hall-style meeting outside a grocery store in |
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Tucson. Tragically, six individuals lost their lives. Senator Giffords was critically injured, the |
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victim of a gunshot wound to the head; and |
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WHEREAS, With a strength that those who knew her never doubted, Representative |
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Giffords fought her way through surgery and a rigorous schedule of physical, occupational, and |
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speech therapy in very much the same way she lives her life, with strength, commitment, and |
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courage; and |
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WHEREAS, Representative Giffords is stepping down from Congress for now, citing her |
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continued work toward recovery, but she has promised her constituency that she will “…return |
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and work together for Arizona and this great country”; and |
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WHEREAS, Representative Giffords’ courage and determination in the face of adversity |
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are inspirational. As President Obama noted, her dedication to the people of Arizona and our |
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country “embodies the very best of what public service should be”; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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hereby honors, applauds, and thanks The Honorable Gabrielle Giffords for her service to the |
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people of the State of Arizona and across our country. We furthermore extend our sincere wishes |
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for her continued success and much happiness; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Gabrielle Giffords. |
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