House Bill 9027

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9027

        By Representatives Flanagan, Kelly, Feeney, Harrington,
    Jones, Ryan, Bilirakis, Waters, Detert, Sorensen, Argenio,
    Rubio, Byrd, Cantens, Bradley, Garcia, Crady, Arnall, Bitner,
    Ogles, Morroni, Eggelletion, Crow, Brummer, Wise, Fuller,
    (Additional Sponsors on Last Printed Page)


  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution commemorating the celebration of

  3         Saint Patrick's Day on March 17, 2000.

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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's Capital City has established a

17  Sister City program with Sligo, Ireland, and

18         WHEREAS, a significant number of the members of the

19  Florida Legislature are of Irish ancestry, and

20         WHEREAS, there are over forty million Americans of

21  Irish ancestry and over three million Floridians of Irish

22  ancestry, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

25  Florida:

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27         That the House of Representatives joins with the Irish

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

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

30  contribution of Irish Americans, their spirit, and their

31  dreams for peace and brotherhood.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9027

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  4  Pruitt, Villalobos, K. Smith, Spratt, Hart, Greenstein,

  5  Fiorentino, Russell, Chestnut, Patterson, Wallace, Sanderson,

  6  Sublette, Constantine, Alexander, Dockery, Putnam, Bronson,

  7  Turnbull, Stansel, Wiles, Lee, Betancourt, Hafner, Cosgrove

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