H.R. No. 893
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Proud members of Feeding Texas are gathering in
  Austin to celebrate Texas Food Bank Day at the State Capitol on
  April 13, 2023; and
         WHEREAS, Established in 1986, the Feeding Texas network
  consists of 21 food banks that work through more than 4,000
  community agencies to reduce hunger and improve health in all 254
  Texas counties; and
         WHEREAS, To further these goals, the network has fostered
  many public-private partnerships, including the Texans Feeding
  Texans Surplus Agricultural Products Grant Program, which helps
  provide food to low-income families by offering incentives to
  growers to donate fresh produce that would otherwise be left in the
  field; this initiative offsets the costs of harvesting, packaging,
  and transportation and has resulted in the distribution of 350
  million pounds of surplus produce across the state; and
         WHEREAS, Members of Feeding Texas have also established a
  partnership with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to
  improve the diets of low-income Texans by offering nutrition
  education and disease prevention services; and
         WHEREAS, By leveraging their expertise and experience,
  members of Feeding Texas respond to families in need swiftly and
  effectively when crisis strikes; Texas food banks delivered one
  billion pounds of food during the first year of the COVID-19
  pandemic; and
         WHEREAS, Network members have partnered with the Texas Health
  and Human Services Commission to provide client education and
  application assistance for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance
  Program, greatly increasing the efficiency of the
  eligibility-determination process; and
         WHEREAS, By facilitating the distribution of surplus food,
  responding to disaster, raising awareness about good dietary
  practices, and helping to prevent diet-related disease, Feeding
  Texas is reducing hunger and contributing greatly to the health and
  well-being of the people of Texas; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
  Legislature hereby recognize April 13, 2023, as Texas Food Bank Day
  at the State Capitol and extend to the staff and volunteers of
  Feeding Texas sincere best wishes for continued success in their
  important work; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for Feeding Texas as an expression of high regard by the
  Texas House of Representatives.
 
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Phelan Guerra Murr
 
Allen Guillen Neave Criado
 
Allison Harless Noble
 
Anchía Harris of Anderson Oliverson
 
Anderson Harris of Williamson Ordaz
 
Ashby Harrison Orr
 
Bailes Hayes Ortega
 
Bell of Kaufman Hefner Patterson
 
Bell of Montgomery Hernandez Paul
 
Bernal Herrero Perez
 
Bhojani Hinojosa Plesa
 
Bonnen Holland Price
 
Bowers Howard Ramos
 
Bryant Hull Raney
 
Buckley Hunter Raymond
 
Bucy Isaac Reynolds
 
Bumgarner Jetton Rogers
 
Burns Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr.
 
Burrows A. Johnson of Harris Rose
 
Button J. Johnson of Harris Rosenthal
 
Cain Jones of Dallas Schaefer
 
Campos Jones of Harris Schatzline
 
Canales Kacal Schofield
 
Capriglione King of Hemphill Shaheen
 
Clardy King of Uvalde Sherman, Sr.
 
Cole Kitzman Shine
 
Collier Klick Slaton
 
Cook Kuempel Slawson
 
Cortez Lalani Smith
 
Craddick Lambert Smithee
 
Cunningham Landgraf Spiller
 
Darby Leach Stucky
 
Davis Leo-Wilson Swanson
 
Dean Longoria Talarico
 
DeAyala Lopez of Bexar Tepper
 
Dorazio Lopez of Cameron Thierry
 
Dutton Lozano Thimesch
 
Flores Lujan Thompson of Brazoria
 
Frank Manuel Thompson of Harris
 
Frazier Martinez Tinderholt
 
Gamez Martinez Fischer Toth
 
Garcia Metcalf Troxclair
 
Gates Meyer Turner
 
Gerdes Meza VanDeaver
 
Geren Moody Vasut
 
Gervin-Hawkins Morales of Harris Vo
 
Goldman Morales of Maverick Walle
 
González of Dallas Morales Shaw Wilson
 
González of El Paso Morrison Wu
 
Goodwin Muñoz, Jr. Zwiener
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 893 was adopted by the House on April
  13, 2023, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House