SPRINGFIELD (AP) — A bipartisan effort by Illinois members of Congress is underway to name a federal building for the late U.S. Rep. Lane Evans.
U.S. Sens. Mark Kirk and Dick Durbin and U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos introduced legislation Thursday to name a Galesburg veterans facility the Lane A. Evans VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic.
Evans died Nov. 5 at age 63 after battling Parkinson’s disease. The Democrat was known through a 20-year career in the House as a champion of military veterans.
Kirk — a Republican— said Evans’ work for veterans focused on removing the “stigma that surrounds combat-based injury and illness.”
Durbin and Bustos are Democrats.
Evans was from Rock Island and joined the U.S. Marine Corps at age 17. He was elected to Congress in 1982 and served 12 terms.
Former U.S.. Representative Lane Evans passed away on Nov. 5 after a long illness.
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