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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

THANKING THE HONORABLE GINA RAIMONDO FOR HER SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE

OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND CONGRATULATING HER ON BEING NAMED

COMMERCE SECRETARY FOR THE UNITED STATES

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Diaz, Ruggiero, McNamara,
Kazarian, McEntee, Caldwell, Abney, and Speakman

     Date Introduced: March 02, 2021

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, The Honorable Gina Raimondo grew up in the Town of Smithfield, the

youngest child in a loving and close-knit Italian-American family, that not only shaped her values

but also gave her the impetus to succeed; and

     WHEREAS, Preparing for what has become a brilliant and efficacious career, the

Honorable Gina Raimondo attended LaSalle Academy, graduating as the class valedictorian,

received her Bachelor's degree with honors from Harvard, earned a coveted Rhodes Scholarship

to Oxford University, where she attained her doctorate, and received her Juris Doctor from Yale

Law School; and

     WHEREAS, In November of 2010, the Honorable Gina Raimondo was elected to serve

as the State's General Treasurer, where she gained nation-wide acclaim for instituting

reformations to the State's unfunded pension liability; and

     WHEREAS, In January of 2015, the Honorable Gina Raimondo was sworn in as the 75th

Governor of the State of Rhode Island and became the first woman to serve in that capacity. In

order to build a more robust and equitable state, she focused on improving the State's economy,

with significant investments in infrastructure, education, and job training; and

     WHEREAS, During her tenure, Governor Raimondo faced the historic COVID-19

pandemic with the foresight and initiative to handle the enormity of the day-to-day

responsibilities of overseeing the safety of our State's citizenry, mitigating the economic impact

on the state's businesses, and initiating essential life and death medical responses and protocols;

and

     WHEREAS, The accomplishments and eminent qualifications of the Honorable Gina

Raimondo stand as testament to her abilities to effectively and laudably administrate and lead. In

February of 2021, Rhode Island's loss became our country's gain as those capabilities were

acknowledged on the national level when she was confirmed as the United States Secretary of

Commerce; and

     WHEREAS, The Honorable Gina Raimondo's success has not simply been a result of her

immense talents, but is also due to her inner strength, her honor, and her focus and determination.

She is a true leader who has achieved successes that very few people would have even dared to

imagine and she is eminently worthy of our gratitude and respect; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

honors, thanks, and congratulates the Honorable Gina Raimondo. We moreover wish her good

health, much happiness, and continued success in her future role as the United States Secretary of

Commerce; 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 Gina Raimondo.

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