H.C.R. No. 156


HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Citizens across the State of Texas are joining others around the world in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day on May 9, 2005, to honor victims and survivors of the Holocaust and their families and liberators; and WHEREAS, Each year this event, also called Yom HaShoah, is observed on the fifth day following the eighth day of Passover; it unites a global community in interfaith services and encourages all people to come together to reflect on the consequences of violence against our fellowman; and WHEREAS, During the commemoration, citizens pay their respects to those who lost their lives, honor those who survived, and pray for a future free of hatred and prejudice; it is a time to remember the tragedy inflicted on the Jewish people and to seek reconciliation and the renewal of a deeper faith in humanity; and WHEREAS, On this 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, Holocaust survivors, liberators, and representatives of Holocaust museums in the state are being recognized at a special reception in their honor, one of many events taking place around the globe; and WHEREAS, The wounds from this tragic moment in our collective history may never heal, but they are certainly easier to bear when we join hands with others in remembrance and in a pledge to tolerance and respect; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the 79th Legislature of the State of Texas hereby commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day on May 9, 2005, and extend to all those observing this special day sincere best wishes for a meaningful event. Nixon Hochberg Naishtat Straus Craddick Geren Menendez Allen of Harris Giddings Merritt Allen of Dallas Gonzales Miller Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris Anchia Goodman Moreno of El Paso Anderson Goolsby Morrison Bailey Griggs Mowery Baxter Grusendorf Naishtat Berman Guillen Nixon Blake Haggerty Noriega Bohac Hamilton Oliveira Bonnen Hamric Olivo Branch Hardcastle Orr Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Otto Brown of Brazos Hartnett Paxton Burnam Hegar Pena Callegari Herrero Phillips Campbell Hilderbran Pickett Casteel Hill Pitts Castro Hochberg Puente Chavez Hodge Quintanilla Chisum Homer Raymond Coleman Hope Reyna Cook of Navarro Hopson Riddle Cook of Colorado Howard Ritter Corte Hughes Rodriguez Crabb Hunter Rose Crownover Hupp Seaman Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Tarrant Davis of Dallas Jackson Smith of Harris Dawson Jones of Lubbock Smithee Delisi Jones of Dallas Solis Denny Keel Solomons Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Strama Driver Keffer of Eastland Straus Dukes King of Parker Swinford Dunnam King of Zavala Talton Dutton Kolkhorst Taylor Edwards Krusee Thompson Eiland Kuempel Truitt Eissler Laney Turner Elkins Laubenberg Uresti Escobar Leibowitz Van Arsdale Farabee Luna Veasey Farrar Madden Villarreal Flores Martinez Vo Flynn Martinez Fischer West Frost McCall Wong Gallego McClendon Woolley Gattis McReynolds Zedler ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 156 was adopted by the House on May 9, 2005, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 156 was adopted by the Senate on May 9, 2005, by a viva-voce vote. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor