Bill Text: TX HR2350 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Mayra Mendez as a participant in the 2011 Moreno/Rangel Legislative Leadership Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-01 - Reported enrolled [HR2350 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR2350-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2350 |
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WHEREAS, Mayra Mendez 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 Lon Burnam; | ||
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 Perla Carbajal and David Mendez, | ||
Mayra Mendez was born in Mexico and has eight younger siblings; she | ||
came to the United States nearly six years ago but often returns to | ||
Mexico to visit her family; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Mendez is a student at The University of | ||
Texas--Pan American in Edinburg and expects to graduate in 2011 | ||
with a bachelor's degree in political science and minors in history | ||
and legal studies; she plans to attend law school; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of her tenure at the State Capitol, | ||
Ms. Mendez has been of great assistance to Representative Burnam'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; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although this session has been extremely | ||
challenging, Ms. Mendez considers this session a rewarding | ||
experience that has shaped her perspective on her Hispanic | ||
heritage; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Mendez greatly appreciates the Mexican American | ||
Legislative Caucus and Representative Lon Burnam's staff: Craig | ||
Adair (aka "Solecito"), Rachel McClure (aka "Señorita"), Matt | ||
Johnston (aka "Mr. Sunshine"), and Jaime Rivera (aka "Señor | ||
Jamón"), for this wonderful learning and enriching opportunity; | ||
now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor Mayra Mendez 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. Mendez as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Burnam | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2350 was adopted by the House on May | ||
30, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||