Bill Text: TX HR2166 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Katherine Mendiola of Edinburg for her participation in the 2011 Moreno/Rangel Legislative Leadership Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-01 - Reported enrolled [HR2166 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR2166-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2166 |
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WHEREAS, Katherine Mendiola of Edinburg was selected to | ||
participate in the 2011 Moreno/Rangel Legislative Leadership | ||
Program, and during the 82nd Legislative Session, she has ably | ||
served her fellow Texans as an aide in the office of State | ||
Representative Veronica Gonzales; and | ||
WHEREAS, Sponsored by the Mexican American Legislative | ||
Leadership Foundation, the program offers outstanding university | ||
students and recent graduates an opportunity to serve as full-time | ||
policy interns in the offices of members of the Mexican American | ||
Legislative Caucus and gain experience working with the Texas | ||
Legislature; and | ||
WHEREAS, The daughter of Patricia and Jose Mendiola, | ||
Katherine Mendiola graduated magna cum laude from The University of | ||
Texas--Pan American in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in political | ||
science and English, and she is currently a student in the | ||
university's master of public administration program; as an | ||
undergraduate, she was president of the Pre-Law Society, historian | ||
of the Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society, senator | ||
for UTPA's College of Arts and Humanities, and reporter of the | ||
Political Science Association; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Mendiola's desire to become involved in politics | ||
grew out of her experience working as an intern for U.S. | ||
Representative Henry Cuellar; she also hopes to one day practice | ||
law; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of her tenure at the State Capitol, | ||
Ms. Mendiola has been of great assistance to Representative | ||
Gonzales's office, while acquiring knowledge of issues facing | ||
citizens of the Lone Star State; she has performed her duties as a | ||
legislative aide with skill, perseverance, and dedication, and she | ||
may indeed look forward to a rewarding future; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor Katherine Mendiola as a participant in the | ||
2011 Moreno/Rangel Legislative Leadership Program and commend her | ||
for her notable contributions to the legislative process; and, be | ||
it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Mendiola as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Gonzales of Hidalgo | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2166 was adopted by the House on May | ||
30, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||