Bill Text: TX HR57 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Congratulating Wesley Hunt on his election to the U.S. Congress as representative for the 38th Congressional District in Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-16 - Reported enrolled [HR57 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR57-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Congratulating Wesley Hunt on his election to the U.S. Congress as representative for the 38th Congressional District in Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-16 - Reported enrolled [HR57 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR57-Introduced.html
88R9389 CW-D | ||
By: Oliverson | H.R. No. 57 |
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WHEREAS, Wesley Hunt of Houston has been elected to the | ||
United States House of Representatives, and he was officially sworn | ||
into office on January 7, 2023; and | ||
WHEREAS, Wesley Hunt represents the newly created 38th | ||
Congressional District, which covers parts of Houston and Harris | ||
County, including much of the Katy Freeway corridor west of | ||
downtown Houston and the Houston suburbs of Jersey Village, | ||
Cypress, Tomball, Katy, and Klein; and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of Houston, Congressman Hunt grew up in a | ||
military family and is a proud alumnus of St. John's School; | ||
following his graduation, he accepted an appointment to the United | ||
States Military Academy at West Point; in 2004, he received his | ||
commission in the U.S. Army and graduated from West Point, | ||
receiving a bachelor's degree in leadership and management with a | ||
field of study in mechanical engineering; he subsequently spent | ||
eight years in the army as an aviation branch officer and an AH-64D | ||
Apache Longbow helicopter pilot; and | ||
WHEREAS, Representative Hunt's military service included a | ||
combat deployment to Iraq and two deployments to Saudi Arabia, | ||
where he served as a diplomatic liaison officer; in that role, he | ||
represented the U.S. government in missions involving the Royal | ||
Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command; following his honorable | ||
discharge at the rank of captain, he earned master's degrees in | ||
business administration, public administration, and industrial and | ||
labor relations from Cornell University; and | ||
WHEREAS, Actively involved with many organizations in the | ||
Houston area, Congressman Hunt is a dedicated volunteer and serves | ||
on the board of trustees at St. John's School; moreover, he has | ||
mentored youth at the MacCormick Juvenile Detention Center and at | ||
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas in Austin; he and his | ||
wife, Emily, are the devoted parents of two daughters, Victoria and | ||
Olivia; and | ||
WHEREAS, Wesley Hunt has demonstrated a longstanding | ||
commitment to serving his country and his community, and his | ||
leadership will be integral to the important work carried out by the | ||
U.S. Congress in the years ahead; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate the Honorable Wesley Hunt on his | ||
election to the U.S. House of Representatives and extend to him | ||
sincere best wishes for a successful term in office; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Congressman Hunt as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |