Bill Text: TX HR2021 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing July 1 through 4, 2017, as American Family Reunion Days.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Reported enrolled [HR2021 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR2021-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2021 |
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WHEREAS, The observance of American Family Reunion Days from | ||
July 1 to 4, 2017, provides an opportunity to celebrate the timeless | ||
values on which our nation was founded; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1776, the Second Continental Congress convened in | ||
Philadelphia on July 1 to deliberate over a break from tyranny; the | ||
following day, the committee of the whole voted in favor of the | ||
Resolution for Independence offered by Richard Henry Lee of | ||
Virginia; this document declared "that these United Colonies are, | ||
and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are | ||
absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all | ||
political connection between them and the State of Great Britain | ||
is, and ought to be, totally dissolved"; and | ||
WHEREAS, On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted | ||
the Declaration of Independence, written largely by Thomas | ||
Jefferson, with the assistance of John Adams and Ben Franklin; the | ||
famous preamble states: "We hold these truths to be self-evident; | ||
that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their | ||
Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, | ||
liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights, | ||
governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers | ||
from the consent of the governed"; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, citizens continue to treasure the | ||
inalienable rights they enjoy as members of the American family, | ||
and by marking the anniversary of a tremendous milestone in the | ||
history of democracy and of our nation, we reaffirm our | ||
centuries-long commitment to freedom; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize July 1 through 4, 2017, as American | ||
Family Reunion Days. | ||
Wilson | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2021 was adopted by the House on May | ||
25, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||