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| 7 | 7 | | LLS NO. R25-0793.01 Frank Stoner x5498 |
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| 8 | 8 | | HJR25-1016 |
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| 9 | 9 | | House Committees Senate Committees |
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| 10 | 10 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 25-1016 |
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| 11 | 11 | | C |
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| 12 | 12 | | ONCERNING RECOGNITIO N AND REMEMBRANCE OF COLORADO101 |
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| 13 | 13 | | MILITARY VETERANS WHO SERVED IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR.102 |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, American involvement in the Persian Gulf War began1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | in 1990 with Operation Desert Shield, which marked the deployment of2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | United States service members to Saudi Arabia in response to the Iraqi3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | invasion of Kuwait; and4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, The deployment of United States service members to5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | the Persian Gulf marked the beginning of a six-month-long war with Iraq6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | that would eventually end following a successful aerial bombing7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | campaign and ground invasion referred to as Operation Desert Storm; and8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, The United States led a forty-two-country9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | international coalition—the largest since World War II—with the purpose10 |
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| 30 | 24 | | HOUSE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 31 | 25 | | Camacho and Hartsook, Carter, Armagost, Bacon, Barron, Boesenecker, Bottoms, |
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| 32 | 26 | | Bradfield, Bradley, Brown, Caldwell, Clifford, Duran, Espenoza, Feret, Froelich, Garcia |
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| 33 | 27 | | Sander, Gilchrist, Gonzalez R., Hamrick, Jackson, Johnson, Joseph, Keltie, Lieder, Lukens, |
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| 34 | 28 | | Mabrey, Mauro, McCluskie, McCormick, Paschal, Pugliese, Richardson, Ricks, Rydin, |
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| 35 | 29 | | Smith, Soper, Stewart K., Stewart R., Story, Taggart, Titone, Valdez, Velasco, Weinberg, |
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| 36 | | - | Winter T., Woodrow, Woog, Bird, Brooks, DeGraaf, English, Garcia, Lindsay, Lindstedt, |
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| 37 | | - | Luck, Martinez, Phillips, Rutinel, Sirota, Suckla, Willford |
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| 30 | + | Winter T., Woodrow, Woog |
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| 39 | | - | Pelton B. and Snyder, Amabile, Baisley, Ball, Bridges, Bright, Carson, Catlin, Coleman, |
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| 40 | | - | Cutter, Danielson, Daugherty, Exum, Gonzales J., Hinrichsen, Jaquez Lewis, Jodeh, Kipp, |
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| 41 | | - | Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Liston, Lundeen, Marchman, Michaelson Jenet, Pelton R., Rich, Roberts, |
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| 42 | | - | Rodriguez, Simpson, Weissman, Winter F. |
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| 32 | + | Pelton B. and Snyder, |
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| 43 | 33 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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| 44 | 34 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law. |
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| 45 | 35 | | Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. of liberating Iraqi-occupied Kuwait; and1 |
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| 46 | 36 | | WHEREAS, One hundred forty-three members of the United2 |
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| 47 | 37 | | States Armed Forces, including three Coloradans, were killed in action3 |
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| 48 | 38 | | over the course of the Gulf War; and4 |
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| 49 | 39 | | WHEREAS, It is, and will forever remain, society's solemn5 |
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| 50 | 40 | | obligation to recognize the service rendered by Gulf War veterans and the6 |
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| 51 | 41 | | sacrifice associated with that service; now, therefore,7 |
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| 52 | 42 | | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-fifth8 |
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| 53 | 43 | | General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:9 |
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| 54 | 44 | | That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly, hereby:10 |
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| 55 | 45 | | (1) Acknowledge and recognize the veterans of the Gulf War for11 |
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| 56 | 46 | | the service they rendered;12 |
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| 57 | 47 | | (2) Honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice and gave their13 |
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| 58 | 48 | | lives in service to their country;14 |
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| 59 | 49 | | (3) Express our heartfelt gratitude and sympathy to the families of15 |
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| 60 | 50 | | fallen service members; and16 |
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| 61 | 51 | | (4) Encourage all Coloradans to remember the sacrifices made by17 |
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| 62 | 52 | | Gulf War veterans and their families.18 |
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| 63 | 53 | | Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent19 |
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| 64 | 54 | | to the Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; the United20 |
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| 65 | 55 | | Veterans Coalition of Colorado; the President of the United States,21 |
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| 66 | 56 | | Donald J. Trump; the honorable Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado; and22 |
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| 67 | 57 | | the Colorado Congressional delegation.23 |
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