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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The 75th annual American GI Forum of Texas State |
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Conference is taking place in Corpus Christi from June 19 through |
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22, 2023; and |
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WHEREAS, Hosted by the AGIF Beatrice T. Perez Robstown |
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Women's Chapter, the conference benefits veterans by bringing them |
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in contact with local and state elected officials and by providing |
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opportunities to network with business leaders and to share |
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information on a range of subjects; the conference's Historic |
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Grand Luncheon Celebration is honoring the members of the Nueces |
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County Commissioners Court as well as Le Roy and Rosie Torres, the |
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founders of the Burn Pits 360 organization, who have been nominated |
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for the Presidential Medal of Freedom; and |
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WHEREAS, The American GI Forum was founded on March 26, 1948, |
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by Dr. Hector Perez Garcia, who served as a U.S. Army medical doctor |
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during World War II; the largest federally chartered Hispanic |
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veterans organization in the U.S., AGIF offers support and services |
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to all military veterans and their families, and it plays a |
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prominent role in communities across the U.S. and in Puerto Rico; |
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chief among its efforts, the organization addresses the |
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discrimination and inequities experienced by Hispanic veterans; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, For seven and a half decades, the members of the |
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American GI Forum of Texas have worked tirelessly in behalf of |
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former military service members and their loved ones, and the |
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organization's contributions are indeed deserving of special |
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recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 2023 American GI Forum of Texas |
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State Conference and extend to all those in attendance sincere best |
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wishes for a meaningful and productive event; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the American GI Forum of Texas as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |