88R23351 BPG-D
 
  By: Canales H.R. No. 1343
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, United States Representative Monica De La Cruz
  introduced a bipartisan bill, H.R. 412, on January 20, 2023, to
  designate the U.S. Post Office at 620 East Pecan Boulevard in
  McAllen as the Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post Office; and
         WHEREAS, On December 7, 2022, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Raul
  H. Gonzalez of Edinburg was engaged in a high-speed chase when his
  ATV crashed; he was transported to a hospital but died of his
  injuries that day, at the age of 38, leaving two children, Sebastian
  and Camila Gonzalez, and a large extended family, as well as
  numerous bereaved colleagues; and
         WHEREAS, Agent Gonzalez was a graduate of Economedes High
  School in Edinburg and the Border Patrol Academy; deeply patriotic,
  he demonstrated great dedication over the course of a career that
  spanned more than a decade with U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
  which is within the Department of Homeland Security; he was
  assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector McAllen Station; and
         WHEREAS, Committed to the important mission of the U.S.
  Border Patrol, Agent Gonzalez lost his life in the line of duty, and
  it would be most fitting to recognize his exemplary service and
  supreme sacrifice by naming the post office in McAllen in his honor;
  now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
  Legislature hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to
  pass H.R. 412, designating the U.S. Post Office at 620 East Pecan
  Boulevard in McAllen as the Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post
  Office; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the chief clerk of the Texas House of
  Representatives forward official copies of this resolution to the
  president of the United States, to the speaker of the House of
  Representatives and the president of the Senate of the United
  States Congress, and to all the members of the Texas delegation to
  Congress with the request that this resolution be officially
  entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of
  the United States of America.