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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, State Representative Jessica Farrar graduated from |
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The University of Texas School of Law on May 21, 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, Currently serving her ninth term in the Texas House, |
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Representative Farrar was first elected in 1994 when she was 27; she |
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serves as vice chair of the House Committee on Environmental |
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Regulation and is a member of the Border and Intergovernmental |
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Affairs Committee; in previous sessions, she has served as vice |
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chair of the House Committee on Land and Resource Management and on |
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the committees for State Affairs, Juvenile Justice and Family |
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Issues, Corrections, County Affairs, Agriculture and Livestock, |
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and Appropriations; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan also serves as leader of the |
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House Democratic Caucus and is the founder and vice chair of the |
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Women's Health Caucus; in addition, she has served as secretary of |
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the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and as vice chair of the |
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Legislative Study Group; she works extensively on issues related to |
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the environment, women's health, children's health care, education, |
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taxes, homeowner rights, homeland and border security, domestic |
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violence, sexual assault, reproductive rights, insurance coverage, |
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transportation, discrimination, and criminal and juvenile justice; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Raised in Houston, Representative Farrar earned her |
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bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Houston; |
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she is supported in all her endeavors by her husband, Lieutenant |
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Colonel Marco Sanchez, who is also an attorney; as she adds a juris |
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doctorate to her long list of accomplishments, it is indeed a |
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pleasure to recognize our esteemed colleague; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the Honorable Jessica Farrar on her |
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graduation from The University of Texas School of Law and extend to |
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her warmest best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Representative Farrar as an expression of high regard |
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by her colleagues in the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Gonzales of Hidalgo |
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| Straus |
Gonzalez |
Munoz, Jr. |
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| Alvarado |
Hamilton |
Oliveira |
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| Anderson of Dallas |
Hardcastle |
Otto |
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| Anderson of McLennan |
Harless |
Parker |
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| Aycock |
Harper-Brown |
Patrick |
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| Berman |
Hernandez Luna |
Pena |
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| Brown |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Pitts |
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| Burkett |
Howard of Travis |
Price |
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| Burnam |
Huberty |
Quintanilla |
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| Christian |
King of Parker |
Scott |
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| Coleman |
King of Taylor |
Sheets |
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| Cook |
King of Zavala |
Sheffield |
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| Craddick |
Kleinschmidt |
Shelton |
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| Creighton |
Kolkhorst |
Simpson |
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| Crownover |
Kuempel |
Smith of Harris |
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| Darby |
Landtroop |
Smith of Tarrant |
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| Davis of Dallas |
Larson |
Smithee |
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| J. Davis of Harris |
Laubenberg |
Solomons |
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| S. Davis of Harris |
Lavender |
Strama |
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| Deshotel |
Legler |
Taylor of Collin |
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| Driver |
Lewis |
Taylor of Galveston |
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| Elkins |
Mallory Caraway |
Veasey |
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| Frullo |
Martinez Fischer |
Weber |
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| Giddings |
Miller of Comal |
Zedler |
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| Gonzales of Hidalgo |
Miller of Erath |
Zerwas |
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| Gonzales of Williamson |
Morrison |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2386 was adopted by the House on May 27, |
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2011, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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