H.R. No. 1839


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, During the 78th Texas Legislative Session, Jamaal Rashad Smith has served with distinction as a staff member in State Representative Joe Moreno's district office in Houston; and WHEREAS, Mr. Smith is a participant in the University of Houston (UH) public policy department's Local Intern Program, the second time he has been involved in this worthy endeavor; as an intern, he has enhanced his knowledge of the legislative process and the issues facing citizens of the Lone Star State, while also gaining valuable work experience in a political environment; and WHEREAS, An alumnus of Clay High School in Gainesville, Florida, Mr. Smith will graduate this summer from the University of Houston with a bachelor's degree in political science; he plans to attend the South Texas College of Law and ultimately establish a career in public service; and WHEREAS, An avid amateur boxer and frequent contributor to the UH campus newspaper, the Daily Cougar, he serves his fellow students as vice president of the Hatchett Pre-Law Society and as president of the campus organization, H.E.L.P., (Humans Engaged in Loving People); and WHEREAS, Jamaal Smith has demonstrated exceptional commitment and purposefulness during his tenure in the program, and he is indeed deserving of special legislative recognition for his contributions to the state; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature hereby commend Jamaal Rashad Smith for his legislative service in the district office of Representative Joe Moreno and extend to him warmest best wishes for success and happiness in the coming years; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mr. Smith as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Moreno of Harris 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. 1839 was adopted by the House on June 1, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House