Senate Bill sb3136

    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SR 3136

    By Senators Jones and Fasano





    13-2450A-04

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution commending and honoring

  3         Congressman C. W. "Bill" Young.

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  5         WHEREAS, C. W. "Bill" Young was born December 16, 1930,

  6  in Harmarville, Pennsylvania, and in 1945, at age 15, moved to

  7  Pinellas County, Florida, the place where he has since resided

  8  and called home, and

  9         WHEREAS, registered as a member of the Republican

10  Party, in 1959, Bill Young successfully ran for the office of

11  State Senator from the 11th Senate District (Pinellas County)

12  to succeed the only Republican then serving in the Florida

13  Senate, Senator J. Frank Houghton, whose term of office was

14  expiring, thereby becoming the third Republican to serve in

15  the Florida Senate in the 20th century, and

16         WHEREAS, a true pioneer in leading the way for members

17  of the Republican Party to seek and obtain a prominent role in

18  determining the governance of Florida, over the 10-year period

19  from 1960 to 1970, Senator Young ran and was reelected to

20  represent Pinellas County in the Florida Senate for

21  consecutive terms, inspiring other qualified Republicans to do

22  the same, and by 1970 was joined by 15 other Republican

23  Senators, bringing to 16 the number of Republicans serving in

24  the Florida Senate, and

25         WHEREAS, while serving in the Florida Senate, Senator

26  Young exemplified outstanding statesmanship, distinguishing

27  himself through an astute knowledge and use of the Senate

28  rules to facilitate efficiency in the parliamentary process,

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30         WHEREAS, Senator Young served as Chair of the Committee

31  on Transportation and Safety, served as a member of the

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 1  committees on Banking, Securities and Loans, Intergovernmental

 2  and Veterans Affairs and Communications, Finance and Taxation,

 3  and Rules and Calendar, and served as Republican Leader from

 4  1968 until 1970, and

 5         WHEREAS, in 1970, Senator Young left the Florida Senate

 6  to run for election to the seat in the United States House of

 7  Representatives being vacated by then-Congressman William C.

 8  Cramer, and has since represented Pinellas County and the

 9  State of Florida with remarkable effectiveness, having

10  diligently worked his way through the seniority system of

11  Congressional governance to rise to his present level of

12  leadership, the trusted position of Chair of the powerful

13  House Appropriations Committee, one of the most critically

14  important public offices in the world, and

15         WHEREAS, recognized internationally as a leader in

16  advocating for the funding needed to extend adequate health

17  care to veterans and all Americans, Congressman Young has

18  introduced legislation that doubled funding over 5 years for

19  biomedical research conducted by the National Institutes of

20  Health and provided the funding needed to continue the

21  National Marrow Donor Program, resulting in the Department of

22  Defense establishing the "C. W. 'Bill' Young Department of

23  Defense Marrow Donor Center," and

24         WHEREAS, as the senior member of the Florida

25  Congressional Delegation, Congressman Young has continually

26  demonstrated the dynamic leadership that distinguishes his

27  many years of public service, enthusiastically assisting his

28  Congressional colleagues in supporting legislative initiatives

29  to serve the needs of Floridians and all Americans, NOW,

30  THEREFORE,

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 1  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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 3         That Congressman C. W. "Bill" Young is commended for

 4  his tireless dedication to the people who reside in Pinellas

 5  County and the State of Florida, for his exemplary

 6  statesmanship as a member of the Florida Senate and the United

 7  States House of Representatives, and for his accomplishments

 8  in advocating legislation securing the peace and prosperity

 9  for all Americans.

10         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that April 14, 2004, is

11  recognized as "Congressman C. W. 'Bill' Young Day" in the

12  state of Florida.

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