Bill Text: IL HR0675 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes John Deere for donating 300,000 cans this holiday season, raising awareness of the essential role of farmers in global food production, and attempting a world record at the John Deere Pavilion in Moline by constructing a full-sized sculpture of its new S-Series combine from more than 300,000 cans through John Deere's project, "Can Do".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-12-12 - Resolution Adopted [HR0675 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0675-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to recognize John Deere for attempting a | ||||||
4 | world record at the John Deere Pavilion in Moline by | ||||||
5 | constructing a full-sized sculpture of its new S-Series combine | ||||||
6 | from more than 300,000 cans through John Deere's project, Can | ||||||
7 | Do ; and
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8 | WHEREAS, The sculpture is 60 feet wide, 80 feet long, and | ||||||
9 | 16 feet tall and weighs nearly 170 tons; all 300,000 cans will | ||||||
10 | be donated as much-needed supplies to Moline's River Bend | ||||||
11 | Foodbank during the holiday season; and
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12 | WHEREAS, John Deere's project Can Do sculpture and food | ||||||
13 | donation program are designed to raise awareness of the | ||||||
14 | essential role of farmers and ranchers play in producing safe, | ||||||
15 | healthy, and abundant food for a growing world population; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Because the global population is expected to | ||||||
17 | increase from 7 billion to more than 9 billion by 2050, farmers | ||||||
18 | will need to increase food production by 70%, while using the | ||||||
19 | same amount of land, water, and other resources; and
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20 | WHEREAS, New technologies like the S-Series combine are | ||||||
21 | important tools in helping farmers meet higher food demands; |
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1 | and
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2 | WHEREAS, The new S-Series combine is manufactured at John | ||||||
3 | Deere Harvester Works in East Moline; and
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4 | WHEREAS, The combine can sculpture will be a display at the | ||||||
5 | John Deere Pavilion in downtown Moline through mid-December; | ||||||
6 | therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
8 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
9 | we recognize John Deere for donating 300,000 cans this holiday | ||||||
10 | season and raising awareness of the essential role of farmers | ||||||
11 | in global food production; and be it further
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12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
13 | presented to John Deere as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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