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 1-2                              SENATE RESOLUTION

 1-3           WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes great pride

 1-4     in welcoming several distinguished visitors from Brazil who have

 1-5     been invited to the United States through the International Visitor

 1-6     Program of the United States Information Agency; and

 1-7           WHEREAS, These honored visitors come to the Capitol of Texas

 1-8     to observe the geographical and cultural diversity of our country

 1-9     and to study the dynamics of state legislative bodies; and

1-10           WHEREAS, The goals of the International Visitor Program are

1-11     to arrange opportunities for the delegation to better appreciate

1-12     the ethnic, social, economic, geographic, and cultural diversities

1-13     of the United States and to observe how these variables affect

1-14     American federalism; and

1-15           WHEREAS, These eminent guests honoring us by their

1-16     visit are Anselmo De Oliveira Andrade, Humberto Teixeira Aveiro,

1-17     Marcia Fortuna Biato, Adolfo Costa Araujo Rocha Furtado,

1-18     Sandro Silva Goncalves, and Dirceu Ventura Teixeira; and

1-19           WHEREAS, Legislative advisor to the House of Representatives

1-20     since 1991, Anselmo De Oliveira Andrade has spent 21 years as a

1-21     fiscal auditor of the National Treasury; he earned a master's

1-22     degree in economics from the University of Brasilia in 1976, and

1-23     he is a member of the Regional Economic Council; and

 2-1           WHEREAS, Legislative consultant to the Federal Senate since

 2-2     1985, Humberto Teixeira Aveiro has been Coordinator of International

 2-3     Issues, International Affair Secretariat, Ministry of Planning and

 2-4     Budget from 1982 through 1985; he earned his economics degree from

 2-5     the University of Brasilia; and

 2-6           WHEREAS, Marcia Fortuna Biato has been a legislative

 2-7     consultant to the Federal Senate since 1985 and was Coordinator

 2-8     of International Financial Cooperation of the Ministry of Interior

 2-9     from 1982 through 1985; she earned her master's degree in economics

2-10     from the University of Brasilia in 1982; and

2-11           WHEREAS, Sandro Silva Goncalves is a legislative advisor

2-12     and has worked in the House of Representatives since 1985; he

2-13     was educated at the University of Brasilia, where he specialized

2-14     in architecture and urban planning; he is a member of the Regional

2-15     Council of Engineering, Architecture and Agronomy, and the

2-16     Brazilian Architects Institute; and

2-17           WHEREAS, Dirceu Ventura Teixeira is a legislative consultant

2-18     who has worked in the Federal Senate since 1985; he has a degree

2-19     in economic science from the University of Brasilia and was formerly

2-20     a fiscal auditor for the Federal District Treasury and a legislative

2-21     technician for the Federal District Legislative Assembly; and

2-22           WHEREAS, Adolfo Costa Araujo Rocha Furtado is a legislative

2-23     advisor who has worked in the House of Representatives since 1985;

2-24     he has a master's degree in economic science from the University

2-25     of Brasilia; he formerly served with the Ministry of Labor as the

 3-1     National Secretary of Labor and as the Head of the Minister's

 3-2     Economic Advisory Staff; he is a member of the Brazilian Association

 3-3     of Labor Studies and the Federal District Chapter of the Regional

 3-4     Council of Economy; now, therefore, be it

 3-5           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,

 3-6     75th Legislature, hereby express hospitality and a warm welcome

 3-7     to the members of the Brazilian delegation; and, be it further

 3-8           RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for

 3-9     them as an expression of the highest esteem of the Texas Senate.

3-10                                                    Truan

3-11           Armbrister           Galloway            Nixon

3-12           Barrientos           Harris              Patterson

3-13           Bivins               Haywood             Ratliff

3-14           Brown                Lindsay             Shapiro

3-15           Cain                 Lucio               Shapleigh

3-16           Carona               Luna                Sibley

3-17           Duncan               Madla               Wentworth

3-18           Ellis                Moncrief            West

3-19           Fraser               Nelson              Whitmire

3-20           Gallegos                                 Zaffirini

3-21                      Bullock, President of the Senate

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3-23                                          President of the Senate

3-24                                       I hereby certify that the above

3-25                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate

3-26                                  on January 21, 1997.

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3-28                                          Secretary of the Senate

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3-30                                            Dean of the Senate