H.C.R. No. 26HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Soldiers from Fort Hood have been and continue to be deployed as part of Operation Enduring Freedom; and WHEREAS, These troops join other Texas army and air force personnel who have been assigned to this operation, including those from Fort Bliss, Fort Sam Houston, Dyess Air Force Base, and Lackland Air Force Base, as well as members of National Guard and reserve units throughout the state; and WHEREAS, American citizens owe an immeasurable debt to their military personnel, whose efforts have secured this nation's treasured liberties and made it the greatest country in the world; and WHEREAS, At this time of grave crisis, we recognize these men and women and their families for the tremendous sacrifices they make in behalf of their country, and we encourage the communities in which they live to offer them understanding and support during this hour of world concern; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the 78th Legislature of the State of Texas hereby wish Godspeed to the soldiers from Fort Hood and all United States service personnel on the occasion of their deployment with Operation Enduring Freedom and offer its prayers for their safe return. Delisi Craddick Giddings Merritt Allen Goodman Miller Alonzo Goolsby Moreno of Harris Bailey Griggs Moreno of El Paso Baxter Grusendorf Morrison Berman Guillen Mowery Bohac Gutierrez Naishtat Bonnen Haggerty Nixon Branch Hamilton Noriega Brown of Kaufman Hamric Oliveira Brown of Brazos Hardcastle Olivo Burnam Harper-Brown Paxton Callegari Hartnett Pena Campbell Heflin Phillips Canales Hegar Pickett Capelo Hilderbran Pitts Casteel Hill Puente Castro Hochberg Quintanilla Chavez Hodge Rangel Chisum Homer Raymond Christian Hope Reyna Coleman Hopson Riddle Cook of Navarro Howard Ritter Cook of Colorado Hughes Rodriguez Corte Hunter Rose Crabb Hupp Seaman Crownover Isett Smith of Tarrant Davis of Harris Jones of Lubbock Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Jones of Bexar Smithee Dawson Jones of Dallas Solis Delisi Keel Solomons Denny Keffer of Dallas Stick Deshotel Keffer of Eastland Swinford Driver King Talton Dukes Kolkhorst Taylor Dunnam Krusee Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Laney Truitt Eiland Laubenberg Turner Eissler Lewis Uresti Elkins Luna Van Arsdale Ellis Mabry Villarreal Farabee Madden West Farrar Marchant Wilson Flores Martinez Fischer Wise Flynn McCall Wohlgemuth Gallego McClendon Wolens Garza McReynolds Wong Gattis Menendez Woolley Geren Mercer Zedler ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 26 was adopted by the House on January 21, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 26 was adopted by the Senate on January 22, 2003, by a viva-voce vote. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor