R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, Roy Jordan Ramsay, a student at Mount Vernon High 1-2 School, has achieved the auspicious accolade of winning the 1-3 Department of Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Voice of 1-4 Democracy competition; and 1-5 WHEREAS, This audio essay competition provides high school 1-6 students with the opportunity to express their beliefs about the 1-7 rights and responsibilities of being an American; the 1998-1999 1-8 contest theme was "My Service to America," and of the thousands of 1-9 scholarly young Texans who participated in this year's event, 1-10 Mr. Ramsay emerged triumphant; and 1-11 WHEREAS, At a ceremony held on January 23, 1999, Mr. Ramsay 1-12 was recognized as the first-place winner in the Department of 1-13 Texas, an honor which earned him a cash prize and a trip to 1-14 Washington, D.C., where he competed in the national essay contest 1-15 against other winners from across our 50 United States, finishing 1-16 in fourth place; and 1-17 WHEREAS, The son of State Representative Tom Ramsay and 1-18 Laurie Manning Ramsay, Mr. Ramsay has distinguished himself as an 1-19 eloquent and patriotic young man, and by producing an award-winning 1-20 essay celebrating the cause of freedom and democracy, he has 1-21 accomplished a feat that is truly worthy of special recognition; 1-22 now, therefore, be it 1-23 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas 1-24 Legislature hereby congratulate Roy Jordan Ramsay on being chosen 2-1 as the winner of the VFW Voice of Democracy competition and extend 2-2 to him best wishes for success and happiness in the years to come; 2-3 and, be it further 2-4 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-5 prepared for Mr. Ramsay as an expression of high regard by the 2-6 Texas House of Representatives. Hunter 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. 355 was adopted by the House on April 7, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House