H.R. No. 175

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is pleased to
	recognize February 21-23, 2017, as El Paso Days at the State
	Capitol; and
	WHEREAS, Located in the westernmost tip of the great state of
	Texas, the city of El Paso combines a modern metropolis with the
	charm born of its Spanish origins; the area was named El Paso by the
	Spanish conquistador Don Juan de Onate because of the shallow place
	in the river where the colonists crossed en route to Santa Fe, New
	Mexico; and
	WHEREAS, The arrival of the railroads in 1881 ushered in an
	era of prosperity, and El Paso became a flourishing frontier
	community that has developed into a significant industrial,
	commercial, and transportation city; and
	WHEREAS, Today, semitrailers, trains, and planes transport
	manufactured goods through the border cities at the Pass, just as
	Spanish traders did in the 16th century when they guided ox-drawn
	carts along the Camino Real from Mexico City to Santa Fe; and
	WHEREAS, With three quarters of a million people, El Paso is
	the state's 6th-largest city and the 19th-largest city in the
	United States; one of the largest American cities on the 2,000-mile
	U.S.-Mexico border, it lies on the Rio Grande north of Ciudad
	Juarez, Mexico's 5th-largest city; and
	WHEREAS, Nearby Fort Bliss, which celebrates its 167th
	anniversary this year, has completed the biggest transformation in
	its history with an investment of $6 billion in construction for
	new, top-of-the-line facilities, including a new billion-dollar
	military hospital; at the forefront of the U.S. Army's
	transformation plan, the post has transitioned from a TRADOC to the
	largest FORSCOM installation in the army, and it now has a
	population of more than 166,000 military personnel and their
	families, as well as retirees and other civilians; and
	WHEREAS, El Paso is a vibrant, bilingual community with many
	of its residents fluent in Spanish; the populace enjoys a thriving
	fine arts community, exemplary educational institutions, and many
	cultural and historical resources and museums; and
	WHEREAS, The people of El Paso are working to preserve their
	rich heritage while building a future of expanding opportunity, and
	it is indeed fitting that they be honored for their contributions to
	the story of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
	Legislature hereby recognize February 21-23, 2017, as El Paso Days
	at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation sincere
	best wishes for an enjoyable stay in Austin.
	Pickett
	Straus Goldman Oliverson
	Allen Gonzales of Williamson Ortega
	Alonzo González of El Paso Paddie
	Alvarado Gooden Parker
	Anchia Guerra Paul
	Anderson of Dallas Guillen Perez
	Anderson of McLennan Gutierrez Phelan
	Arévalo Hefner Phillips
	Ashby Hernandez Pickett
	Bailes Herrero Price
	Bell Hinojosa Raney
	Bernal Holland Raymond
	Biedermann Howard Reynolds
	Blanco Huberty Rinaldi
	Bohac Hunter Roberts
	Bonnen of Brazoria Isaac Rodriguez of Bexar
	Bonnen of Galveston Israel Rodriguez of Travis
	Burkett Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr.
	Burns Johnson of Harris Rose
	Burrows Kacal Sanford
	Button Keough Schaefer
	Cain King of Hemphill Schofield
	Canales King of Parker Schubert
	Capriglione King of Uvalde Shaheen
	Clardy Klick Sheffield
	Coleman Koop Shine
	Collier Krause Simmons
	Cook Kuempel Smithee
	Cortez Lambert Springer
	Cosper Landgraf Stephenson
	Craddick Lang Stickland
	Cyrier Larson Stucky
	Dale Laubenberg Swanson
	Darby Leach Thierry
	Davis of Dallas Longoria Thompson of Brazoria
	Davis of Harris Lozano Thompson of Harris
	Dean Lucio III Tinderholt
	Deshotel Martinez Turner
	Dukes Metcalf Uresti
	Dutton Meyer VanDeaver
	Elkins Miller Villalba
	Faircloth Minjarez Vo
	Fallon Moody Walle
	Farrar Morrison White
	Flynn Muñoz, Jr. Wilson
	Frank Murphy Workman
	Frullo Murr Wray
	Geren Neave Wu
	Gervin-Hawkins Nevárez Zedler
	Giddings Oliveira Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 175 was adopted by the House on February
	22, 2017, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House