H.R. No. 140 R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas Department of Health owes a duty to the 1-2 citizens and taxpayers of this state to do everything in its power 1-3 to ensure that its many responsibilities are carried out as 1-4 efficiently as possible with available resources; and 1-5 WHEREAS, Much can be achieved toward this goal by the Texas 1-6 Department of Health forming a partnership with the private sector 1-7 to better serve the public; and 1-8 WHEREAS, Because of a recent documented increase of neural 1-9 tube birth defects among children in the Rio Grande Valley, the 1-10 Texas Department of Health recommends that all women of 1-11 childbearing age in Cameron and Hidalgo counties supplement their 1-12 diets with folic acid, a B vitamin, which studies show may reduce 1-13 the incidence of such defects; and 1-14 WHEREAS, Lederle Laboratories donated 70,000 bottles of 1-15 multivitamins with folic acid to be dispensed in South Texas health 1-16 clinics and contributed $75,000 to help with the cost of a Texas 1-17 Department of Health media campaign to educate the public about 1-18 folic acid, first in the Rio Grande Valley and then in other parts 1-19 of the state; and 1-20 WHEREAS, The contributions made to this project by Lederle 1-21 Laboratories will help reduce the risk of neural tube defects among 1-22 children in the Rio Grande Valley and throughout Texas; now, 1-23 therefore, be it 1-24 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 73rd 2-1 Texas Legislature hereby commend Lederle Laboratories for its 2-2 involvement in this important public health project; and, be it 2-3 further 2-4 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-5 prepared for Lederle Laboratories as an expression of appreciation 2-6 by the Texas House of Representatives. 2-7 by the Texas House of Representatives. 2-8 Glaze 2-9 H.R. No. 140 2-10 Laney Gallegos Munoz 2-11 Alexander Giddings Naishtat 2-12 Allen Glaze Nieto 2-13 Alonzo Goodman Oakley 2-14 Alvarado Goolsby Ogden 2-15 Averitt Granoff Oliveira 2-16 Bailey Gray Park 2-17 Berlanga Greenberg Parra 2-18 Black Grusendorf Patterson 2-19 Blackwood Gutierrez Pitts 2-20 Bomer Haggerty Place 2-21 Bosse Hamric Price 2-22 Brady Harris Puente 2-23 Brimer Hartnett Rabuck 2-24 Cain Heflin Ramsay 2-25 Campbell Hernandez Rangel 2-26 Carona Hightower Raymond 2-27 Carter Hilbert Rodriguez 3-1 Cavazos Hilderbran Romo 3-2 Chisum Hill Rudd 3-3 Clemons Hirschi Sadler 3-4 Coleman Hochberg Saunders 3-5 Combs Holzheauser Schechter 3-6 Conley Horn Seidlits 3-7 Cook Hudson Shields 3-8 Corte Hunter of Taylor Siebert 3-9 Counts Hunter of Nueces A. Smith of Harris 3-10 Crabb Jackson D. Smith of Harris 3-11 Craddick James Smithee 3-12 Cuellar of Webb Johnson Solis 3-13 Cuellar of Hidalgo Jones of Lubbock Stiles 3-14 Culberson Jones of Dallas Swinford 3-15 Danburg Junell Tallas 3-16 Davila Kamel Talton 3-17 Davis Krusee Telford 3-18 De La Garza Kubiak Thompson of Tarrant 3-19 Dear Kuempel Thompson of Harris 3-20 Delco Lewis Turner of Coleman 3-21 Delisi Linebarger Turner of Harris 3-22 Denton Longoria Uher 3-23 Driver McCall Van de Putte 3-24 Duncan McCoulskey Vowell 3-25 Dutton McDonald West 3-26 Earley Madden Williamson 3-27 Eckels Marchant Willis 4-1 Edwards Martin Wilson 4-2 Erickson Maxey Wolens 4-3 Finnell Moffat Yarbrough 4-4 Flores Moreno Yost 4-5 Gallego Mowery Zbranek 4-6 H.R. No. 140 4-7 _______________________________ 4-8 Speaker of the House 4-9 I certify that H.R. No. 140 was adopted by the House on 4-10 February 11, 1993, by a non-record vote. 4-11 _______________________________ 4-12 Chief Clerk of the House