House Bill 9017

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9017

        By Representatives Flanagan, Casey, Healey, Cosgrove,
    Feeney, Kelly, Harrington, Detert, Ryan, Hart, Byrd, Kyle and
    Thrasher




  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution commemorating the celebration of

  3         Saint Patrick's Day on March 17, 1999.

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  5         WHEREAS, Saint Patrick is responsible for bringing

  6  literacy to the people of Ireland, which led to Ireland's

  7  status as one of the most literary nations in the world, and

  8         WHEREAS, Americans of Irish birth and Irish descent

  9  have played a significant role in the building of America,

10  especially in military and governmental service, business,

11  politics, and the arts, and

12         WHEREAS, the 1988 Florida Legislature adopted the

13  MacBride Principles, providing that state retirement funds not

14  be invested in companies operating in Northern Ireland which

15  discriminate in their hiring practices, and

16         WHEREAS, Florida is the home of Bob Linnon, National

17  President of the Irish American Unity Conference, a national

18  organization working for nonviolent solutions for peace with

19  justice in a united Ireland and sponsors the national campaign

20  for the MacBride Principles, and

21         WHEREAS, Florida's Capital City has established a

22  Sister City Program with Sligo, Ireland, and

23         WHEREAS, a significant number of the members of the

24  Florida Legislature are of Irish ancestry, and

25         WHEREAS, there are over forty million Americans of

26  Irish ancestry and over three million Floridians of Irish

27  ancestry, NOW, THEREFORE,

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29  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

30  Florida:

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9017

    570-135B-99






  1         That the House of Representatives joins with the Irish

  2  American Caucus and all Floridians of good heart on this Saint

  3  Patrick's Day, March 17, in celebrating the continuing

  4  contribution of Irish Americans, their spirit, and their

  5  dreams for peace and brotherhood.

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