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                                                                  H.R. No. 520



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Honorable Joaquin Castro is having a year he 
will never forget, or at the very least live down, for in addition 
to serving his first legislative session as a state representative, 
he holds the somewhat mortifying distinction of having recently 
been designated a bona fide heartthrob by Latina magazine as well as 
the downright embarrassing position of having admitted to a public 
audience that he has danced around his home in boxers like Tom 
Cruise in Risky Business; and
	WHEREAS, One of the most eligible bachelors highlighted in 
the magazine's February 2003 issue, Representative Castro is a 
native Texan who was born just one minute after his identical twin 
brother Julián on Mexican Independence Day; the son of grassroots 
political activist Rosie Castro, he was reared on San Antonio's 
west side and was taught early on the importance of serving his 
community, a value that no doubt helped to propel him into the 
public spotlight where he finds himself today; and
	WHEREAS, No slouch around the library, this veritable 
brainiac graduated from Jefferson High School and went on to 
graduate with honors from Stanford University and to earn a J.D. 
from Harvard University, all with one arm tied behind his back; and
	WHEREAS, Now juggling the duties of a busy legal practice 
with the mantle of public service, this dapper Democrat is known to 
approach the responsibilities of his office with thoughtfulness and 
due consideration of the best interests of his constituents, and it 
is hoped that in the days ahead his newfound fame will not 
necessitate the posting of a guard outside the meeting rooms of the 
House Committees on Border and International Affairs and Juvenile 
Justice and Family Issues to ward off his many admiring fans; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby congratulate the Honorable Joaquin Castro on his 
selection as one of the most eligible bachelors highlighted in the 
February 2003 issue of Latina magazine and extend to him sincere 
best wishes for a little time off for good behavior at some point 
during this legislative session to determine just how many readers 
the magazine has in his hometown and to fully enjoy his status as a 
well-publicized dreamboat; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Representative Castro as an expression of good-natured 
ribbing by his colleagues in the Texas House of Representatives.

                                                                       Rodriguez



       

       

       
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

       Raymond

       
Chisum

       Homer

       Reyna

       
Christian

       Hope

       Riddle

       
Coleman

       Hopson

       Ritter

       
Cook of Navarro

       Howard

       Rodriguez

       
Cook of Colorado

       Hughes

       Rose

       
Corte

       Hunter

       Seaman

       
Crabb

       Hupp

       Smith of Tarrant

       
Crownover

       Isett

       Smith of Harris

       
Davis of Harris

       Jones of Lubbock

       Smithee

       
Davis of Dallas

       Jones of Bexar

       Solis

       
Dawson

       Jones of Dallas

       Solomons

       
Delisi

       Keel

       Stick

       
Denny

       Keffer of Dallas

       Swinford

       
Deshotel

       Keffer of Eastland

       Talton

       
Driver

       King

       Taylor

       
Dukes

       Kolkhorst

       Telford

       
Dunnam

       Krusee

       Thompson

       
Dutton

       Kuempel

       Truitt

       
Edwards

       Laney

       Turner

       
Eiland

       Laubenberg

       Uresti

       
Eissler

       Lewis

       Van Arsdale

       
Elkins

       Luna

       Villarreal

       
Ellis

       Mabry

       West

       
Farabee

       Madden

       Wilson

       
Farrar

       Marchant

       Wise

       
Flores

       Martinez Fischer

       Wohlgemuth

       
Flynn

       McCall

       Wolens

       
Gallego

       McClendon

       Wong

       
Garza

       McReynolds

       Woolley

       
Gattis

       Menendez

       Zedler

       
Geren

       Mercer

       

       

                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 520 was adopted by the House on March 
25, 2003, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House