R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is proud to 1-2 recognize the members of the Milby High School Student Council who 1-3 assisted with enrolling families in the Children's Health Insurance 1-4 Program; and 1-5 WHEREAS, Joining with the Children's Defense Fund-Texas in 1-6 its effort to reduce the number of children in Texas without health 1-7 insurance, these outstanding young people gave generously of their 1-8 time and energy to aid with the enrollment; and 1-9 WHEREAS, Good health is the right of every Texan, and with a 1-10 child's success in school and throughout life greatly dependent 1-11 upon good health, it is essential that the estimated 1.4 million 1-12 uninsured children in Texas have access to affordable health care; 1-13 and 1-14 WHEREAS, Volunteering to participate in the Thanksgiving 1-15 Sign-Up Campaign, the Milby High School students joined people 1-16 across the state in this humanitarian effort to provide the 1-17 children of Texas with the health insurance they need and deserve; 1-18 and 1-19 WHEREAS, The success of this child advocacy campaign will be 1-20 due to the concerted efforts of concerned citizens like Norma Leon, 1-21 Sa Bui, Jennifer Gussman, Len-Anh Tran, Alex Martinez, Indra 1-22 Medina, Cynthia Medina, Lilly Zaragoza, Lizet Hernandez, Ana 1-23 Torres, Maria Agholor, and Shakirah Laverne; and 1-24 WHEREAS, It is indeed appropriate to take note of the 2-1 impressive efforts and hard work of these outstanding Texans and to 2-2 honor them for their commitment to such a worthy cause; now, 2-3 therefore, be it 2-4 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 77th Texas 2-5 Legislature hereby commend the members of the Milby High School 2-6 Student Council who assisted with the Children's Health Insurance 2-7 Program enrollment campaign; and, be it further 2-8 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-9 prepared for them as a token of high regard from the Texas House of 2-10 Representatives. Noriega _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 616 was adopted by the House on May 5, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House