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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. |