By:  Nieto                                             H.R. No. 497
       73R8209 JLZ-D
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        WHEREAS, The business of state government during a
    1-2  legislative session is a difficult, demanding, and time-consuming
    1-3  endeavor that means long hours and requires extraordinary patience,
    1-4  not only from those directly engaged in lawmaking, but also from
    1-5  spouses and families who must endure the prolonged absences of
    1-6  their loved ones; and
    1-7        WHEREAS, Stephanie Gant-Nieto has demonstrated exemplary
    1-8  patience and perseverance in maintaining both a career and a busy
    1-9  household while her husband has been fully occupied by the pressing
   1-10  demands facing the Texas Legislature; and
   1-11        WHEREAS, Her devotion has enabled her husband to attend to
   1-12  matters before this chamber with the utmost dedication, free of
   1-13  distracting worry and anxiety and secure in the knowledge that the
   1-14  home front is in the extremely capable hands of his loving and
   1-15  supportive spouse; and
   1-16        WHEREAS, With a total of four children, Kira, Kevin, Kayla,
   1-17  and energetic one-year-old Kaleb, to care for, Mrs. Gant-Nieto has
   1-18  had ample opportunity to exercise the household management skills,
   1-19  the loving guidance and support, and the warm nurturing that keep
   1-20  the family together as one, happy in both body and spirit; and
   1-21        WHEREAS, Her success in balancing all of the needs and
   1-22  demands of a full-size family, which is a difficult feat in the
   1-23  best of circumstances, is made even more remarkable by the fact
   1-24  that she combines her roles as wife and mother with an equally
    2-1  challenging role as a professional businesswoman by managing a home
    2-2  health care office at the same time; and
    2-3        WHEREAS, In this regard, Mrs. Gant-Nieto has set a sterling
    2-4  example of selflessness, efficiency, and abiding concern for the
    2-5  well-being of others that serves to inspire not only her husband
    2-6  but all of us engaged in the conduct of state affairs; it is the
    2-7  desire, then, of all the members of this body to join our colleague
    2-8  State Representative Pedro Nieto in recognizing Mrs. Gant-Nieto and
    2-9  to express our appreciation for her unwavering support during this
   2-10  legislative session; now, therefore, be it
   2-11        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 73rd Texas
   2-12  Legislature hereby honor Stephanie Gant-Nieto on her exceptional
   2-13  devotion and patience, which in an important way have contributed
   2-14  to the governance of this state during the current legislative
   2-15  session; and, be it further
   2-16        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
   2-17  prepared for Mrs. Gant-Nieto as an expression of the high esteem in
   2-18  which she is held by her husband's colleagues in the Texas House of
   2-19  Representatives.