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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, United States Representative Monica De La Cruz |
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introduced a bipartisan bill, H.R. 412, on January 20, 2023, to |
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designate the U.S. Post Office at 620 East Pecan Boulevard in |
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McAllen as the Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post Office; and |
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WHEREAS, On December 7, 2022, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Raul |
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H. Gonzalez of Edinburg was engaged in a high-speed chase when his |
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ATV crashed; he was transported to a hospital but died of his |
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injuries that day, at the age of 38, leaving two children, Sebastian |
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and Camila Gonzalez, and a large extended family, as well as |
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numerous bereaved colleagues; and |
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WHEREAS, Agent Gonzalez was a graduate of Economedes High |
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School in Edinburg and the Border Patrol Academy; deeply patriotic, |
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he demonstrated great dedication over the course of a career that |
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spanned more than a decade with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, |
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which is within the Department of Homeland Security; he was |
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assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector McAllen Station; and |
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WHEREAS, Committed to the important mission of the U.S. |
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Border Patrol, Agent Gonzalez lost his life in the line of duty, and |
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it would be most fitting to recognize his exemplary service and |
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supreme sacrifice by naming the post office in McAllen in his honor; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to |
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pass H.R. 412, designating the U.S. Post Office at 620 East Pecan |
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Boulevard in McAllen as the Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post |
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Office; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the chief clerk of the Texas House of |
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Representatives forward official copies of this resolution to the |
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president of the United States, to the speaker of the House of |
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Representatives and the president of the Senate of the United |
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States Congress, and to all the members of the Texas delegation to |
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Congress with the request that this resolution be officially |
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entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of |
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the United States of America. |