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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 27
BY REPRESENTATIVES HOWARD AND RICHMOND
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To commend eight-year-old Amirikis Smith upon his offer of aid to the people of Haiti.
WHEREAS, Amirikis Smith wrote a letter to President Obama, soon after the
devastating earthquake struck the nation of Haiti; and
WHEREAS, he enclosed fifty dollars out of his savings account to give to Haiti
relief; and
WHEREAS, Amirikis Smith entrusted the letter to Mayor Cedric Glover of
Shreveport, Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Glover delivered the letter to President Obama at the United
States Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C.; and
WHEREAS, on January 27, 2010, President Obama mentioned the great deed of the
eight-year old boy in Louisiana at the end of his State of the Union Address; and
WHEREAS, President Barack Obama said, "what keeps me going is the fundamental
decency that has always been at the core of the American people"; and
WHEREAS, he also said, "It lives on, in the eight-year old boy in Louisiana, who
just sent me his allowance and asked if I would give it to the people in Haiti"; and
WHEREAS, the President did not mention the young boy by name, however on
Thursday, January 28, 2010, the White House informed the country that his name is
Amirikis Smith; and
WHEREAS, Amirikis Smith lives with his grandparents, Vera and Reverend Louis
Smith, Jr.; and
WHEREAS, Amirikis Smith is a third-grader at Red River Elementary School in
Coushatta.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend eight-year-old Amirikis Smith upon his offer of aid to the people of Haiti. ENROLLEDHCR NO. 27
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to Amirikis Smith and his family.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE