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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Former President George W. Bush, former First Lady |
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Laura Bush, Southern Methodist University President R. Gerald |
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Turner, and many other dignitaries gathered on the SMU campus in |
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Dallas on November 16, 2010, to celebrate the groundbreaking for |
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the George W. Bush Presidential Center; and |
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WHEREAS, Designed by acclaimed architect Robert A. M. Stern, |
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the state-of-the-art facility will encompass more than 225,000 |
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square feet of space for the Bush Presidential Center's three |
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components, the archive, presidential museum, and policy |
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institute; the prominent 24-acre site, landscaped by noted designer |
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Michael Van Valkenburgh, will feature a wildflower meadow, gardens, |
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courtyards, a tall grass prairie, and clearings for butterflies and |
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birds; and |
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WHEREAS, The George W. Bush Presidential Library, the |
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nation's 13th presidential library, is administered by the National |
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Archives and Records Administration; it will hold approximately 70 |
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million pages of textual records, 1,200 cubic feet of audiovisual |
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records, and more than 80 terabytes of electronic records, among |
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them over 209 million e-mails and 4 million digital photographs; in |
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2009, archivists began processing these presidential records for |
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public use and research; the center's museum will include an |
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interactive tour, as well as an exact replica of the Oval Office, |
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and highlight case studies of decisions made in the Bush White |
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House; dedicated to improving the human condition through education |
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reform, global health, freedom, and economic growth, the George W. |
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Bush Institute will encompass the Women's Initiative, chaired by |
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Laura Bush and focused on social and economic opportunities for |
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women and children; and |
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WHEREAS, On its completion, the Bush Presidential Center will |
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add a new dimension to Southern Methodist University, providing |
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unique opportunities for the public and members of the SMU |
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community to learn about a seminal period in American history and |
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for visiting scholars to study national and global issues; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commemorate the |
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groundbreaking for the George W. Bush Presidential Center and |
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commend all those associated with the center for their |
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contributions; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the George W. Bush Presidential Center as an |
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expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |