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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
April 20, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives Stubbs, Drake, L. Myers, Bowen,
Haywood, Baldeh, Hong, Sinicki, Neubauer, Vruwink, Hesselbein, Hebl,
Anderson, Snodgrass, Shankland, S. Rodriguez, Shelton, Spreitzer,
Subeck, Ohnstad, Brostoff, McGuire, Cabrera, Vining, Conley and
Emerson, cosponsored by Senators Johnson, L. Taylor, Roys, Wirch and
Erpenbach. Referred to Committee on Rules.
AJR44,1,2 1Relating to: honoring Vice President Kamala Harris for her years as a public
2servant.
AJR44,1,43 Whereas, Vice President Harris called Madison, Wisconsin, home at the age of
4five before returning to California with her family; and
AJR44,1,75 Whereas, Vice President Harris became the first person of color to serve as
6District Attorney of San Francisco, where she created the Environmental Justice
7Unit; and
AJR44,1,98 Whereas, Vice President Harris served as California's first African American
9Attorney General; and
AJR44,1,1110 Whereas, as California's Attorney General, Vice President Harris created Open
11Justice, which made criminal justice data readily accessible to the public; and
AJR44,1,1412 Whereas, Vice President Harris has written three books, ranging from
13educational children's books to nonfiction works regarding criminal justice reform;
14and
AJR44,2,2
1Whereas, in 2016, Vice President Harris became the first Indian American to
2serve in the United States Senate; and
AJR44,2,63 Whereas, as a United States Senator, Vice President Harris fought for
4immigration and criminal justice reform, and served on the Senate Budget
5Committee, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, and the Senate Judiciary
6Committee; and
AJR44,2,87 Whereas, in 2020, Vice President Harris became the first woman of color to
8appear on the ticket of a major party; and
AJR44,2,109 Whereas, Kamala Devi Harris became the 49th vice president of the United
10States on January 20, 2021; and
AJR44,2,1311 Whereas, Vice President Harris became the first female vice president and the
12highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well as the first African American
13and first South Asian American to serve as vice president of the United States; and
AJR44,2,1614 Whereas, in serving as vice president, Harris has spearheaded work with
15Central American and South American leaders to address the root issues of
16immigration; and
AJR44,2,1817 Whereas, Vice President Harris has successfully broken down barriers, and
18lifted up voices of people of color across this country; now, therefore, be it
AJR44,2,21 19Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That members of the
20Wisconsin Legislature join in honoring Vice President Kamala Harris for her years
21as a public servant.
AJR44,2,2222 (End)
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