[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 575]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE DONALD MOFFITT

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                           HON. DARIN LaHOOD

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 10, 2017

  Mr. LaHOOD. Mr. Speaker, I would like to honor Illinois State 
Representative Donald Moffitt for his dedication to public service 
which has tremendously benefitted the people and State of Illinois. 
Today commemorates his last day as a Representative in the Illinois 
General Assembly.
  Representative Moffitt from the 74th House District of Illinois has 
dedicated twenty-three years to tirelessly serving his constituents in 
the Illinois General Assembly. His years of service have been 
distinguished by his commitment to providing timely and effective 
constituent service, a top priority for his office. As a leader of the 
Republican Party in Illinois, he has cultivated a statewide reputation 
for his dedication to matters concerning Illinois veteran's affairs, 
agricultural reform, healthcare, and especially, the public safety of 
Illinois.
  In 2004, he founded the Illinois General Assembly's Fire Caucus, 
which focuses on promoting the goals of Illinois' fire services. Among 
its accomplishments is the promotion of funding for Emergency Medical 
Systems, creating a fire truck loan program, placing sprinkler systems 
in college and university housing, and reforming hiring practices of 
fire departments to ensure greater public safety. He is also credited 
for requiring school buses to install swinging stop signs to ensure the 
safety of children crossing the street. His outstanding advocacy on 
public safety issues has not gone unrecognized as he has received 
numerous honors, including the ``Legislator of the Year'' awards 
credited to him by the Illinois Association for Fire Protection 
Districts, the Illinois Firefighters Association, and the Northern 
Illinois Alliance of Fire Protection Districts. Most notably, he 
recently received the 2016 Northern Alliance of Fire Protection 
Districts Lifetime Achievement Award.
  In addition to his advocacy for public safety, Representative Moffitt 
has also championed the most important issues facing the healthcare 
industry. As part of this important work, he sponsored a legislation 
preventing discrimination of insurance companies based on genetic test 
results, which would later serve as the paradigm for federal 
legislation of the same topic. Through his work within the Illinois 
healthcare field, Representative Moffitt has helped many families 
receive the necessary care and information that they need.
  Representative Moffitt's steadfast work to improve the lives of 
Illinois' citizens stands as a model for progress to further the 
greater good and prosperity of the state. He stands as a model for the 
values and priorities which current--and future--public servants should 
strive to uphold in order to better our communities. It is an honor to 
call Representative Moffitt not only a colleague, but a friend of many 
years. I want to congratulate him on his tireless work to improve 
public safety and his dedicated service to the State of Illinois.

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