Bill Text: TX HR1493 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Commending the leaders and philanthropists who assisted the people of Texas in the aftermath of the winter storm of February 2021.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-22 - Filed [HR1493 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR1493-Introduced.html
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By: Morales of Harris | H.R. No. 1493 |
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WHEREAS, In the aftermath of the devastating winter storm of | ||
February 2021, many leaders and philanthropists across the nation | ||
came to the aid of Texans in need; and | ||
WHEREAS, One such individual was U.S. Congresswoman | ||
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York; shortly after the storm left | ||
millions of Texans without power, heat, or access to food and water, | ||
she spearheaded a fundraising campaign that raised $5 million in | ||
less than a week to benefit Texas residents; the money was evenly | ||
allocated among five Texas nonprofits, including the Houston Food | ||
Bank, Feeding Texas, Family Eldercare, The Bridge Homeless Recovery | ||
Center, and the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO); and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez flew to | ||
Texas to help distribute emergency supplies at the Houston Food | ||
Bank with Congresswomen Sheila Jackson Lee and Sylvia R. Garcia of | ||
Texas; she also visited residents of Representative Garcia's | ||
district on the east side of Houston; and | ||
WHEREAS, A third-generation Bronxite, Congresswoman | ||
Ocasio-Cortez represents the 14th district of New York in the U.S. | ||
Congress; after earning degrees in economics and international | ||
relations at Boston University and interning in the office of the | ||
late Senator Ted Kennedy, she returned to the Bronx to work as a | ||
community organizer and went on to serve as educational director | ||
with the National Hispanic Institute; and | ||
WHEREAS, Following the financial crisis of 2008, | ||
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez experienced firsthand the challenges | ||
faced by many Americans when her family was forced to sell their | ||
home after her father's death; she took on extra shifts as a | ||
waitress and bartender to help out, and her dedication to issues | ||
affecting working people deepened as a result; in 2016, she | ||
volunteered as an organizer with the Bernie Sanders presidential | ||
campaign, and two years later, she stepped onto the national stage | ||
when she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives; and | ||
WHEREAS, A true champion for working-class people across the | ||
country, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez has inspired her fellow | ||
citizens with her eloquent advocacy and her passionate commitment | ||
to social, racial, economic, and environmental justice, and her | ||
generous actions in the aftermath of the 2021 winter storm have | ||
earned her the lasting admiration and appreciation of many Texans; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commend the leaders and philanthropists who | ||
assisted the people of Texas in February 2021 and extend to them | ||
sincere best wishes for continued success in their important work. |