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Senate
Resolution
118
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SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
118
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
RULES
AND
ADMINISTRATION
A
Resolution
honoring
Senator
Jack
Whitver
for
his
1
service
in
the
Iowa
Senate.
2
WHEREAS,
in
2011
Senator
Jack
Whitver
was
first
3
elected
to
the
Iowa
Senate
where
he
served
in
multiple
4
leadership
roles
representing
his
constituents;
and
5
WHEREAS,
Senator
Whitver
is
a
proud
lifelong
Iowan,
6
having
grown
up
in
Grinnell
and
then
graduating
from
7
the
Iowa
State
University
of
Science
and
Technology
8
where
he
started
as
a
wide
receiver
on
the
Cyclones
9
football
team
and
finished
his
playing
career
ranked
in
10
the
team’s
top
10
for
all-time
career
receptions
and
11
receiving
yards;
and
12
WHEREAS,
immediately
following
his
graduation
from
13
Iowa
State
University
having
earned
both
a
Bachelor
14
of
Science
and
a
Master
of
Business
Administration,
15
Senator
Whitver
started
his
first
small
business
that
16
he
grew
into
various
other
businesses,
relying
on
both
17
the
values
with
which
he
was
raised
and
his
experience
18
founding
and
growing
a
small
business
to
shape
his
19
political
philosophy;
and
20
WHEREAS,
shortly
after
his
first
election
to
the
21
Senate,
Senator
Whitver
earned
his
Juris
Doctor
from
22
Drake
University
Law
School
where
he
was
named
to
the
23
Drake
Law
Review;
and
24
WHEREAS,
Senator
Whitver
was
elected
President
of
25
the
Senate
by
his
colleagues
in
November
2016
and
then
26
in
March
2018,
Senator
Whitver
was
first
elected
as
27
the
Senate
Majority
Leader,
a
position
to
which
he
was
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reelected
after
the
2020
election,
the
2022
election,
1
and
the
2024
election;
and
2
WHEREAS,
Senator
Whitver
led
one
of
the
most
3
conservative,
productive,
and
largest
chamber
4
majorities
in
Iowa
history,
eventually
gaining
a
5
Republican
supermajority
in
the
Senate
under
his
6
leadership,
which
was
the
first
time
either
party
7
held
such
a
majority
in
over
half
a
century,
all
8
while
prioritizing
conservative
legislative
goals
9
including
simplifying
the
regulatory
structure
in
10
Iowa,
historically
reducing
income
tax,
and
strongly
11
protecting
life
and
the
Second
Amendment,
while
12
also
focusing
on
solutions
to
critical
issues
like
13
protecting
girls’
sports
and
private
spaces,
welfare
14
reform,
tort
reform,
and
election
integrity;
and
15
WHEREAS,
during
his
Senate
tenure,
Senator
Whitver
16
has
served
on
the
Appropriations,
Commerce,
Economic
17
Growth,
Government
Oversight,
Human
Resources,
18
Judiciary,
Labor
and
Business
Relations,
Rules
19
and
Administration
(chair),
and
State
Government
20
committees;
the
Legislative
Council
(chair
and
vice
21
chair),
the
Administration
Committee
(chair
and
vice
22
chair),
the
Service
Committee
(chair
and
vice
chair),
23
the
Studies
Committee
(chair
and
vice
chair),
and
24
the
Capital
Projects
Committee;
the
Council
on
Human
25
Services,
the
Healthy
and
Well
Kids
in
Iowa
(Hawki)
26
Board,
the
Iowa
Innovation
Council,
the
Iowa
Law
27
Enforcement
Academy
Council,
the
Medical
Assistance
28
Projections
and
Assessment
Council;
and
the
State
29
Government
Efficiency
Review
Committee;
and
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WHEREAS,
Senator
Whitver
is
a
faithful
member
of
the
1
Lutheran
Church
of
Hope
and
continues
to
enjoy
his
work
2
as
an
entrepreneur
and
attorney;
and
3
WHEREAS,
Senator
Whitver
looks
forward
to
spending
4
more
time
with
his
wife
Rachel
and
three
children,
5
pursuing
his
next
endeavors,
and
will
be
forever
6
grateful
to
the
citizens
of
his
district
for
placing
7
their
trust
in
him;
NOW
THEREFORE,
8
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
honors
9
Senator
Jack
Whitver
for
his
dedicated
service
to
the
10
people
of
Iowa
and
wishes
him
all
the
best
in
the
years
11
to
come.
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