Bill Text: TX HR1788 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Sichan Siv for his service to the United States.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Reported enrolled [HR1788 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1788-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1788 |
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WHEREAS, Ambassador Sichan Siv has greatly benefited his | ||
fellow citizens through his loyal service to the nation, and he has | ||
demonstrated the enduring strength of American exceptionalism; and | ||
WHEREAS, A proud Texan, Ambassador Siv was appointed in 2001 | ||
by President George W. Bush as U.S. representative to the United | ||
Nations Economic and Social Council; during his five-year tenure, | ||
the president selected him to represent the country at the | ||
celebration marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the | ||
United Nations; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ambassador Siv previously earned distinction in the | ||
U.S. State Department as the first Asian American deputy assistant | ||
secretary; he also served as a deputy assistant to President George | ||
H. W. Bush, and in December 2018, he was one of five former White | ||
House aides to accompany the late president's casket to the nation's | ||
capitol on Air Force One for the state funeral; over the years, | ||
Ambassador Siv has given generously of his time and talents to such | ||
organizations as the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission and | ||
the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol; he is the recipient | ||
of numerous accolades, among them the George H. W. Bush Award for | ||
Outstanding Public Service; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Cambodia, Mr. Siv was employed by the U.S. | ||
relief agency CARE when his country was overrun by the Khmer Rouge | ||
in the 1970s, and he was sent to a labor camp; after his escape, he | ||
was resettled as a refugee in Wallingford, Connecticut, and he went | ||
on to earn a master's degree in international relations at Columbia | ||
University; the author of several books, he has worked as an | ||
international affairs advisor and motivational speaker; and | ||
WHEREAS, An embodiment of the American dream, Sichan Siv has | ||
greatly distinguished himself through his patriotic contributions, | ||
and he may take pride in his record of achievement; now, therefore, | ||
be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor Sichan Siv for his service to the United | ||
States and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be | ||
it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ambassador Siv as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Price | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1788 was adopted by the House on May | ||
24, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||