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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Sandy M. Herrera, a participant in the McClendon |
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Scholars Program, has provided valuable support as a legislative |
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intern in the office of State Representative Dawnna Dukes during |
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the 84th Texas Legislature; and |
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WHEREAS, Created in 2004, the McClendon Scholars Program, |
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which is also known as The University of Texas at San Antonio |
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Legislative Scholars Program, is a collaborative effort between |
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State Representative Ruth Jones McLendon and the UTSA Institute for |
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Law and Public Affairs; the initiative gives students who have an |
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interest in public policy the opportunity to work as interns at the |
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State Capitol during legislative sessions; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Herrera is a senior at The University of Texas |
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at San Antonio, where she expects to graduate with a bachelor's |
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degree in political science in May 2015; she has associate's |
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degrees in paralegal studies from Virginia College and in |
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government from Austin Community College, and she has worked in two |
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law offices as well as for the Railroad Commission of Texas and the |
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Travis County District Clerk's Office; she has been a senator in the |
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UTSA Student Government Association, and she is active in the UTSA |
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Young Democrats and Texas College Democrats; and |
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WHEREAS, While gaining important experience in the field of |
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public service as a member of Representative Duke's staff, Sandy |
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Herrera has contributed to the workings of state government |
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firsthand and learned more about the legislative process and the |
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issues facing citizens of the Lone Star State; 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 Sandy M. Herrera for her work as a |
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McLendon Scholar and legislative intern in the office of State |
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Representative Dawnna Dukes and extend to her sincere best wishes |
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for continued success in all her endeavors; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Herrera as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |