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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Lina Hidalgo has been elected as Harris County |
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Judge, and as the first woman and first Latina to hold this |
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position, she is indeed deserving of special recognition; and |
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WHEREAS, In fulfilling the duties of her office, Judge |
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Hidalgo will draw on a wealth of valuable experience; born in |
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Colombia, she lived in Peru and Mexico before immigrating with her |
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parents to the United States in 2005; she attended Seven Lakes High |
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School in Katy, received her bachelor's degree in political science |
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from Stanford University, and pursued a joint degree in law and |
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public policy from New York University and Harvard University; and |
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WHEREAS, Dedicated to helping vulnerable communities, |
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Ms. Hidalgo has worked for the Texas Civil Rights Project, and she |
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has served as a Spanish-English medical interpreter at the Texas |
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Medical Center; she traveled to Southeast Asia to advocate for |
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transparency and accountability, and in recent years, she has |
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coordinated with various advocacy groups and local governments to |
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push for criminal justice reform; and |
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WHEREAS, Each day, public servants improve the quality of |
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life for their fellow citizens in innumerable ways, and the efforts |
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of Lina Hidalgo will help to make Harris County an even better place |
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in which to live and work; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Lina Hidalgo on her election as |
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Harris County Judge and extend to her sincere best wishes for a |
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successful tenure; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Judge Hidalgo as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Reynolds |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 33 was adopted by the House on March |
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6, 2019, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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