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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 458
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WHEREAS, The Mickey Leland Environmental Internship |
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Program (MLEIP) is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2021, and |
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this represents a fine opportunity to pay tribute to the success |
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of this unique initiative; and |
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WHEREAS, Administered by the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality (TCEQ), MLEIP is named in memory of U.S. |
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Representative George "Mickey" Leland, in recognition of his |
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dedication to sound environmental stewardship; Congressman |
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Leland died in an airplane crash in 1989 while he was on a mission |
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to Ethiopia as chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Select |
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Committee on Hunger; and |
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WHEREAS, MLEIP was established by John Hall, the founding |
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chair of TCEQ's predecessor agency, the Texas Natural Resource |
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Conservation Commission, to provide college students with hands-on |
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experience in science and conservation; more than 500 students, |
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mostly STEM majors, apply to the program each year for the |
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opportunity to gain work experience, expand their knowledge, and |
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fulfill college requirements; participants are assigned to jobs at |
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the TCEQ and other state agencies, as well as city and county |
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governments, nonprofits, and private companies in Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the past three decades, MLEIP has launched |
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the careers of nearly 2,500 interns, including women and people |
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of color as well as economically disadvantaged and |
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first-generation students; former program members now work in |
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leadership positions in science and technology across the |
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nation, and many have sponsored their own Leland interns; and |
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WHEREAS, Through the years, MLEIP has helped create the |
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next generation of leaders by providing exceptional students |
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with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the natural |
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world while developing professional skills and networks; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th |
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Legislature, hereby commemorate the 30th anniversary of the |
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Mickey Leland Environmental Internship Program and extend to all |
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those associated with the initiative sincere best wishes for |
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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 MLEIP as an expression of high regard from the |
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Texas Senate. |
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Miles |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 26, 2021. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |