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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Linda Christofilis has dedicated the past three |
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decades to serving the people of Texas as a member of the |
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legislative community, and she is indeed deserving of special |
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recognition for her outstanding efforts; and |
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WHEREAS, Born prophetically on Texas Independence Day, |
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Ms. Christofilis began her long affiliation with the state |
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legislature in the mid-1980s, when she was hired as a committee |
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clerk for the Senate Health and Human Services Committee under |
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Senator Chet Brooks; she worked as a legislative aide for Senator |
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Mike Moncrief from 1991 to 2003 and was subsequently named chief of |
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staff for Representative Rick Noriega, during whose tenure she |
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helped to promote passage of the Texas Dream Act; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Christofilis went on to work for Senator Rodney |
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Ellis before returning to the house to join the staff of |
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Representative Ruth Jones McClendon as clerk of the Rules & |
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Resolutions Committee; over the course of her career, she has |
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shared her expertise and been a caring mentor to a host of new |
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staffers and interns, and she continues to keep apprised of |
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developments and achievements in many of their lives and careers to |
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this day; along the way, she has marked a number of milestones of |
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her own, raising two children as a single parent and welcoming the |
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arrival of three treasured granddaughters; and |
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WHEREAS, With her kind and caring ways, Linda Christofilis |
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has made countless friends over the course of the past 30 years, and |
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her contributions as a staffer for both the house and senate have |
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made a lasting and positive difference in the Capitol community and |
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beyond; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Linda Christofilis on her many years of |
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exemplary service to the State of Texas and extend to her warmest |
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best wishes for continued happiness and fulfillment; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Christofilis as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |