H.R. No. 1353


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is honored to welcome a number of distinguished legislators present on this day from Tamaulipas, Mexico, and commend them for their invaluable service in behalf of our nations' common goals for the border region; and WHEREAS, These dedicated public servants have provided vital support to such mutually beneficial projects as construction on international bridges and interconnected highways between our two countries, demonstrating their strong commitment to enhancing economic development in the region; and WHEREAS, To that end, several of these Tamaulipas state leaders also participated in a tour sponsored by the Rio Grande Valley Partnership, during which they traveled to various sites in the Valley to learn about significant initiatives taking place and to discuss issues of interest to members on both sides of the border; they were joined on the tour by Rio Grande Valley legislators and other officials from across the Lone Star State, including Senators Rodney Ellis and Leticia Van de Putte, and State Representatives Tony Goolsby, Bob Griggs, Chuck Hopson, Bob Hunter, Jesse W. Jones, Mike Krusee, Anna Mowery, and Wayne Smith; and WHEREAS, Serving their citizens with vision and leadership are the following outstanding officials from the State of Tamaulipas: Speaker of the House Amira Gomez Tueme; General Secretary of the Congress Enrique Garza Tamez; and State Representatives Jose Francisco Rabago Castillo, Alejandro Ceniceros Martinez, Gloria Del Carmen Altamirano Elizondo, Alejandro Antonio Saenz Garza, Alejandro Felipe Martinez Rodriguez, Norma Leticia Salazar Vasquez, Hector Martin Garza Gonzalez, Anastacia Guadalupe Flores Valdez, Marco Cardenas Martinez, Agustin Chapa Torres, Armando Martinez Manriquez, and Ramon Garza Barrios; and WHEREAS, Both the tour and today's visit have helped to fortify the bond between the United States and Mexico, while serving the interests of citizens on both sides of the border, and it is a pleasure to pay tribute to all those involved for their leadership and commitment to a shared vision for the future; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature hereby honor our esteemed guests from Tamaulipas, Mexico, and commend them for their notable efforts to enhance the border region for the benefit of all. Martinez 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 ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1353 was adopted by the House on April 27, 2005, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House