H.R. No. 1404
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, In July 2002 one of the world's foremost
petrochemical firms, the Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, moved
its world headquarters to a new eight-story, 200,000-square-foot
building in The Woodlands; and
WHEREAS, The company was founded three years ago as a joint
venture of Phillips Petroleum Company and Chevron Corporation, two
firms that have had tremendous success in the petrochemical and
plastics industries since World War II; along with its affiliates,
the Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (CPChem) is a leading
producer of olefins and polyolefins and a top supplier of such
products as aromatics, alpha olefins, styrenics, specialty
chemicals, piping, and proprietary plastics; and
WHEREAS, CPChem employs nearly 6,000 people in eight
countries, and the decision to move its global headquarters to The
Woodlands is only the latest commitment the company has made to
expand and solidify its presence in Texas; the company currently
maintains an impressive array of facilities, including research
labs and manufacturing plants, in communities that include
Baytown, Borger, Brownwood, Conroe, Kingwood, Orange, Pasadena,
Plano, Port Arthur, Sweeny, and Waxahachie; in October 2002 it
announced the creation of new cyclohexane production facilities at
its Port Arthur plant, and this year CPChem has inaugurated a new
facility in La Porte, the La Porte Ryton Compounding Facility; and
WHEREAS, An exemplary employer, the corporation has helped to
keep our state at the forefront of technical innovation and
manufacturing safety, and several CPChem facilities have won
recognition from the Texas Chemical Council, the EPA Performance
Track Program, and the Clean Texas Partner program; in only a few
short years the Chevron Phillips Chemical Company has firmly
established itself as an enterprise of importance to the State of
Texas, and we join together in commending the company on its
decision to move its world headquarters to The Woodlands; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas
Legislature hereby honor the Chevron Phillips Chemical Company for
its many economic contributions to The Woodlands and the Lone Star
State and extend to its owners, officers, and employees warmest
best wishes for continued success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Chevron Phillips Chemical Company as an expression of
high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
Eissler
Craddick Geren Mercer
Allen Giddings Merritt
Alonzo Goodman Miller
Bailey Goolsby Moreno of Harris
Baxter Griggs Moreno of El Paso
Berman Grusendorf Morrison
Bohac Guillen Mowery
Bonnen Gutierrez Naishtat
Branch Haggerty Nixon
Brown of Kaufman Hamilton Noriega
Brown of Brazos Hamric Oliveira
Burnam Hardcastle Olivo
Callegari Harper-Brown Paxton
Campbell Hartnett Pena
Canales Heflin Phillips
Capelo Hegar Pickett
Casteel Hilderbran Pitts
Castro Hill Puente
Chavez Hochberg Quintanilla
Chisum Hodge Raymond
Christian Homer Reyna
Coleman Hope Riddle
Cook of Navarro Hopson Ritter
Cook of Colorado Howard Rodriguez
Corte Hughes Rose
Crabb Hunter Seaman
Crownover Hupp Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Dawson Jones of Bexar Solis
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solomons
Denny Keel Stick
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Swinford
Driver Keffer of Eastland Talton
Dukes King Taylor
Dunnam Kolkhorst Telford
Dutton Krusee Thompson
Edwards Kuempel Truitt
Eiland Laney Turner
Eissler Laubenberg Uresti
Elkins Lewis Van Arsdale
Ellis Luna Villarreal
Escobar Mabry West
Farabee Madden Wilson
Farrar Marchant Wise
Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth
Flynn McCall Wolens
Gallego McClendon Wong
Garza McReynolds Woolley
Gattis Menendez Zedler
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1404 was adopted by the House on May
22, 2003, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House