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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING REPRESENTATIVE DANIEL P. REILLY FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE

OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Mattiello, DeSimone, Newberry, Fogarty, and Messier

     Date Introduced: June 18, 2016

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, The Honorable Daniel P. Reilly has served with honor and distinction in the

Rhode Island House of Representatives for two terms, as the Representative for District 72,

representing citizens in neighborhoods in Middletown, Newport, and Portsmouth. He has the

distinction of being one of the youngest members to be elected to the House; and

     WHEREAS, Originally from Boca Raton, Florida, where he graduated from St. Andrew's

School, Representative Reilly earned his Bachelor's degree from Providence College in 2012, and

firmly proving his ability to multi-task, he attained his Juris Doctorate degree from Roger

Williams University School of Law in 2015, while serving in the General Assembly; and

     WHEREAS, Winning his first foray into politics, Representative Reilly, was originally

elected to the Rhode Island General Assembly in November of 2010, and was re-elected in

November of 2014; and

     WHEREAS, Representative Reilly is a Member of the House Finance Committee, the

House Subcommittees on Environment/Transportation, the House Subcommittee on Public

Safety, the House Oversight Committee and the House Rules Committee; and

     WHEREAS, Representative Reilly has been instrumental in introducing numerous pieces

of legislation including acts that would exempt military pensions from the Rhode Island state

income tax, a bill to establish an Office of Inspector General with the purpose of preventing and

detecting fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement of public funds, and legislation that would

require the governor to submit a zero-based budget to be phased out in over five years; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to long hours at the State House, Representative Reilly is an

attorney and an emergency medical technician, and is engaged to marry Dr. Alexandra Costa; and

     WHEREAS, Representative Reilly's civic and community involvement includes

membership in numerous local and professional groups including: the Portsmouth Economic

Development Committee, the Town of Portsmouth Elmhurst Planning Committee and the Town

of Portsmouth Lower Glen Farm Preservation Committee and Glen Park Working Committee. He

is also a member of the National Eagle Scouts Association, Save the Bay, the Aquidneck Island

Land Trust, the Bristol Fire Department and the Norman Bird Sanctuary; and

     WHEREAS, The Honorable Daniel P. Reilly has brought youthful enthusiasm, legal

erudition, and a tremendous work ethic to the General Assembly during his years in office. His

service to the citizens of Middletown, Newport, Portsmouth, and the state, has ultimately made

Rhode Island a better place to live and flourish; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby honors and thanks Representative Daniel P. Reilly for four years

of dedicated service enriching the quality of life for all the citizens of Rhode Island. We wish him

the very best health, happiness and success in all his future endeavors; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Daniel P. Reilly.

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