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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Members of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of |
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America organization are sponsoring the Rio Grande Valley VA |
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Hospital March to San Antonio on March 14-20, 2009, to raise |
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awareness of the need for a VA hospital in the Valley region; and |
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WHEREAS, The second event of its kind, the 250-mile march |
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begins at the Sekula Memorial Library in Edinburg, which was named |
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for the late U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Dustin Michael Sekula, and |
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culminates at the nearest VA hospital, the Audie L. Murphy Memorial |
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Veterans Hospital in San Antonio; the first march, which was |
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organized by America's Last Patrol, took place in November 2005 and |
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helped to revive this long-standing issue; and |
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WHEREAS, Although the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
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operates several outpatient clinics in the Valley, these facilities |
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do not offer the full range of services, including testing and |
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therapy, that are available in San Antonio; and |
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WHEREAS, Iraq war veterans Jesus Bocanegra and Rey Leal are |
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coordinating the march, and they expect to be joined by fellow |
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members of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America as well as by |
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veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Operation Desert |
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Storm; and |
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WHEREAS, The health and well-being of veterans in the Rio |
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Grande Valley depend on convenient access to a VA hospital, and it |
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is indeed fitting to recognize the outstanding efforts of the |
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members of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America in working to |
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achieve this noble goal; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the Rio Grande Valley VA Hospital |
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March to San Antonio and extend to all those involved sincere best |
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wishes for a safe and successful event. |
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Peña |
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Flores |
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Gonzales |
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Rios Ybarra |
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Lucio III |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 783 was adopted by the House on March |
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12, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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