Bill Text: TX HCR84 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the vital importance of the enduring friendship between Texas and the United Kingdom.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Signed by the Governor [HCR84 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HCR84-Enrolled.html
H.C.R. No. 84 |
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WHEREAS, Recent changes in the global economy have introduced | ||
new opportunities for a closer and more mutually beneficial trade | ||
relationship between Texas and the United Kingdom; and | ||
WHEREAS, Texans have a long history of friendship with the | ||
United Kingdom; Sam Houston, president of the Republic of Texas, | ||
was the first state leader to send a diplomatic mission to London, | ||
and a plaque on St. James Street still marks the site of the | ||
legation of the Republic of Texas; the first British Consulate in | ||
the State of Texas was established in Galveston in 1846; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, the United Kingdom is the top source of | ||
foreign direct investment in Texas, and subsidiaries of British | ||
companies provide over 119,000 jobs for Texans; the UK is also one | ||
of the state's largest global export markets, with British | ||
households and businesses purchasing more than $10.2 billion in | ||
services and goods such as petroleum, aerospace products, and | ||
medical equipment from Texas each year; moreover, high levels of | ||
tourism and business travel bring our two peoples even closer, both | ||
economically and culturally, while cooperation on major defense | ||
projects such as the F-35 fighter jet project based in Fort Worth | ||
emphasizes our shared security interests; and | ||
WHEREAS, Represented by the British Consulate General in | ||
Houston, the government of the United Kingdom works with Texas | ||
state and municipal leaders, nongovernmental organizations, and | ||
businesses to create a more prosperous future, and together Texans | ||
and Britons share a commitment to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic and | ||
recover from its economic effects, to create robust and resilient | ||
supply chains, and to build a more secure energy infrastructure; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, The relationship between Texas and the UK can be | ||
strengthened by continued dialogue on issues of trade and commerce | ||
that fall within state jurisdiction, as well as the eventual | ||
passage of a comprehensive free trade agreement between the United | ||
States and the United Kingdom; and | ||
WHEREAS, The State of Texas takes great pride in its | ||
partnership with the United Kingdom, and the citizens of the Lone | ||
Star State look forward to many more years of fruitful cooperation | ||
with their friends across the Atlantic; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby recognize the vital importance of the enduring friendship | ||
between Texas and the United Kingdom and commend all those | ||
individuals who are working to maintain and strengthen that | ||
relationship and the bonds of shared history, language, and | ||
culture, including British Ambassador to the United States Karen | ||
Pierce and British Consul General in Houston Richard Hyde; and, be | ||
it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the Consul General of the United Kingdom in Houston and | ||
the British Ambassador to the United States in Washington, D.C., as | ||
an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives | ||
and Senate. | ||
Parker | ||
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______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.C.R. No. 84 was adopted by the House on May | ||
14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 120, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.C.R. No. 84 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |