Bill Text: TX HR396 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the Texas Border Coalition.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-22 - Reported enrolled [HR396 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR396-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 396 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Texas Border Coalition is a group of elected | ||
| officials and business leaders who strive to speak for the people | ||
| who live, work, and raise families along the border between Texas | ||
| and Mexico; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Approximately 2.5 million Texans in 17 counties live | ||
| along the state's 1,250-mile international border; these residents | ||
| witness firsthand the vitality and distinct sense of place of this | ||
| multicultural region, experiencing in their daily lives its | ||
| contrasts and similarities in languages, cultures, traditions, and | ||
| economies; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Each day, $2 billion in economic activity takes | ||
| place at the United States-Mexico ports of entry, and the Texas | ||
| Border Coalition is committed to developing innovative policies and | ||
| legislation at the national, state, and regional levels that will | ||
| help the region prosper and grow; it works closely with state and | ||
| federal lawmakers to support investments in transportation, | ||
| immigration and border security, workforce and economic | ||
| development, and health care; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Working on behalf of all border communities, the | ||
| coalition benefits from the leadership of its current chair, Mayor | ||
| Pete Saenz of Laredo, its chair-elect, Cameron County Judge Eddie | ||
| Treviño Jr., and its vice-chair Sergio Contreras, president and CEO | ||
| of the Rio Grande Valley Partnership; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas Border Coalition seeks to ensure a better | ||
| quality of life for the residents of the Texas-Mexico border region | ||
| by working to develop economic development opportunities and | ||
| sustainable incomes in a healthy and safe environment; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor the Texas Border Coalition and extend to | ||
| its leadership and members sincere best wishes for continued | ||
| success in their important work; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the coalition as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Raymond | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 396 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 20, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
