H.R. No. 576R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, Thousands of U.S. troops have been mobilized for action against the current Iraqi regime; and WHEREAS, This country is united in praying for the safety of these brave men and women and for a swift end to the conflict at hand; the nation prays, too, that the sacrifice and heroism of these troops will make possible the emergence of a new democratic society in Iraq, one that recognizes and protects the dignity of all its people and that draws its strength from their untrammeled talents; and WHEREAS, Americans owe an immeasurable debt to the members of our armed forces, whose efforts have secured this country's own treasured liberties for more than 200 years, and whose devotion to duty, honor, and the cause of freedom is deserving of their fellow citizens' deepest pride and gratitude; and WHEREAS, At this time of grave crisis, we recognize the American troops deployed to Iraq and the Persian Gulf for the tremendous burdens they have assumed in behalf of their country, and we keep them in our thoughts and hearts as they face the arduous days ahead; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature hereby express its support for the American troops now engaged in the Iraqi campaign and extend to them its profound hopes for a successful conclusion to their mission and their safe return. McClendon Craddick Goodman Merritt Allen Goolsby Miller Alonzo Griggs Moreno of Harris Bailey Grusendorf Moreno of El Paso Baxter Guillen Morrison Berman Gutierrez Mowery Bohac Haggerty Naishtat Bonnen Hamilton Nixon Branch Hamric Noriega Brown of Kaufman Hardcastle Oliveira Brown of Brazos Harper-Brown Olivo Callegari Hartnett Paxton Campbell Heflin Pena Canales Hegar Phillips Capelo Hilderbran Pickett Casteel Hill Pitts Castro Hochberg Puente Chavez Hodge Quintanilla 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 Giddings ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 576 was adopted by the House on March 24, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House