R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, On Monday, February 8, 1999, scores of American Red 1-2 Cross volunteers and staff will visit the Capitol for their 1-3 biennial Legislative Day; and 1-4 WHEREAS, The American Red Cross is often the critical first 1-5 line of defense in emergencies and disasters of all types and sizes 1-6 all over this state; and 1-7 WHEREAS, Organized in Texas with over 50 area chapters, the 1-8 American Red Cross provides services to each of this state's 254 1-9 counties; and 1-10 WHEREAS, The American Red Cross teaches first aid and CPR to 1-11 more than a quarter of a million people in Texas every year; and 1-12 WHEREAS, The American Red Cross is also the primary 1-13 communications link between members of the armed forces around the 1-14 world and their families back home in Texas; and 1-15 WHEREAS, In 1998, the American Red Cross provided over $15 1-16 million in relief to families in situations ranging from a fire 1-17 that destroyed a single house to the devastating October floods in 1-18 Central and South Texas; now, therefore, be it 1-19 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas 1-20 Legislative hereby commend and express its deep gratitude to the 1-21 staff and volunteers of the American Red Cross of Texas for its 1-22 faithful readiness and long-standing commitment to Texans of all 1-23 needs, at all times, under any conditions. Heflin Laney Glaze Moreno of El Paso Alexander Goodman Morrison Allen Goolsby Mowery Alvarado Gray Naishtat Averitt Green Najera Bailey Greenberg Nixon Berman Grusendorf Noriega Bonnen Gutierrez Oliveira Bosse Haggerty Olivo Brimer Hamric Palmer Brown of Kaufman Hardcastle Pickett Brown of Brazos Hartnett Pitts Burnam Hawley Puente Capelo Heflin Ramsay Carter Hilbert Rangel Chavez Hilderbran Reyna of Bexar Chisum Hill Reyna of Dallas Christian Hinojosa Ritter Clark Hochberg Sadler Coleman Hodge Salinas Cook Homer Seaman Corte Hope Shields Counts Howard Siebert Crabb Hunter Smith Craddick Hupp Smithee Crownover Isett Solis of Cameron Cuellar Janek Solis of Bexar Culberson Jones of Brazos Solomons Danburg Jones of Lubbock Staples Davis of Harris Jones of Dallas Swinford Davis of Dallas Junell Talton Delisi Keel Telford Denny Keffer Thompson Deshotel King of Parker Tillery Driver King of Uvalde Truitt Dukes Krusee Turner of Coleman Dunnam Kuempel Turner of Harris Dutton Lengefeld Uher Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Uresti Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Van de Putte Eiland Longoria Walker Elkins Luna West Ellis McCall Williams Farabee McClendon Wilson Farrar McReynolds Wise Flores Madden Wohlgemuth Gallego Marchant Wolens Garcia Maxey Woolley George Merritt Yarbrough Giddings Moreno of Harris Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 145 was adopted by the House on February 8, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House