Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AJR139 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTIO N 139
5	5	March 6, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives GOYKE, C. ANDERSON, J. ANDERSON,
6	6	ANDRACA, BALDEH, BARE, CONLEY, CONSIDINE, DITTRICH, DOYLE, DRAKE,
7	7	EMERSON, HONG, JACOBSON, JOERS, MADISON, MYERS, NEUBAUER, NOVAK,
8	8	ORTIZ-VELEZ, RATCLIFF, SHANKLAND, SHELTON, SINICKI, SNODGRASS, SPIROS,
9	9	STUBBS, SUBECK, TRANEL, VINING and OHNSTAD, cosponsored by Senators
10	10	PFAFF, ROYS, CARPENTER, SPREITZER, BALLWEG, L. JOHNSON, WIRCH and SMITH.
11	11	Referred to Committee on Rules.
12	12	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
13	13	Relating to: honoring the life and legacy of the late Senator Herb Kohl.
14	14	Whereas, Herb Kohl grew up in the Sherman Park neighborhood of Milwaukee,
15	15	Wisconsin; and
16	16	Whereas, Herb Kohl earned a bachelor's degree from the University of
17	17	Wisconsin, which is now home to the basketball and hockey center that bears his
18	18	name as well as the Herb Kohl Public Service Research Competition to advance
19	19	evidence-based policy and governance research by faculty members and students,
20	20	which were supported through his gifts to the university; and
21	21	Whereas, as president of the Kohl's Corporation, Herb Kohl followed in his
22	22	father's footsteps and built with his brothers a chain of over 50 Kohl's grocery stores
23	23	across the Midwest; and
24	24	Whereas, when the Milwaukee Bucks were put up for sale and in danger of
25	25	being bought and moved to another city, Herb Kohl stepped forward in 1985 and
26	26	bought the team with the promise to Bucks fans that the team would never leave—a
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44	44	promise he fulfilled when the time came to sell the team in 2014, donating
45	45	$100,000,000 to help build a new arena for the community; and
46	46	Whereas, in 1990, Herb Kohl started the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation,
47	47	which has provided more than $34,000,000 in grants and scholarships to Wisconsin
48	48	students, teachers, and schools; and
49	49	Whereas, Herb Kohl answered a call to public service in 1988 and ran for the
50	50	U.S. Senate, with a commitment to being “nobody's senator but yours” and working
51	51	across party lines for the people of the state he loved; and
52	52	Whereas, Herb Kohl served Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate for 24 years, bringing
53	53	his business experience to his senate office and treating his more than 5,000,000
54	54	Wisconsin constituents as his customers; and
55	55	Whereas, Herb Kohl championed issues important for the people of Wisconsin,
56	56	fighting every day for dairy farmers, working to protect kids from the threat of gun
57	57	violence, helping seniors secure and keep high-quality health care, and supporting
58	58	education at all levels, from early childhood through adults attending technical
59	59	colleges and universities; and
60	60	Whereas, throughout his senate tenure, Herb Kohl championed initiatives to
61	61	get individuals, families, and communities the health insurance and care they
62	62	needed, focusing on the most vulnerable—children and seniors—and the most
63	63	difficult to reach—rural communities; and
64	64	Whereas, Herb Kohl's office assisted Wisconsinites through individual
65	65	casework for more than two decades, earning a reputation as having one of the best
66	66	customer service operations in the U.S. Senate; and
67	67	Whereas, Herb Kohl touched an incalculable number of lives and showed an
68	68	innate modesty and humility rare in politics and business; and
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97	97	Whereas, on December 27, 2023, at the age of 88, Herb Kohl died, leaving
98	98	behind a legacy of dedication and service to the people of Wisconsin; now, therefore,
99	99	be it
100	100	Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the
101	101	Wisconsin Legislature honor the life, dedication to the people of Wisconsin, and
102	102	public service of Senator Herb Kohl and extend their condolences to his family and
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