Bill Text: TX HR750 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Texas A&M University for its 100 years of service to student veterans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-22 - Reported enrolled [HR750 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR750-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 750 |
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WHEREAS, For 100 years, Texas A&M University has provided | ||
vital support to those students who have answered our nation's call | ||
to duty and served in the military; and | ||
WHEREAS, Texas A&M was founded as a military academy in 1876, | ||
and in the aftermath of World War I, the school began offering | ||
rehabilitation and vocational training to wounded American | ||
veterans; on March 7, 1919, U.S. Army veteran Sidney O'Hara and U.S. | ||
Navy veteran H. A. Camp arrived at the school to take part in the | ||
program; Mr. O'Hara had been hurt in a troop train accident in | ||
France, and Mr. Camp had been injured while working aboard the navy | ||
training vessel Franklin; both men were enrolled in an eight-week | ||
course in automobile and tractor repair; and | ||
WHEREAS, Paid for by the federal government, this program | ||
quickly grew, and within a few years, the school was serving up to | ||
250 vocational students annually, all of whom were warmly welcomed | ||
by the university and the local community; many of the men received | ||
training in the cotton industry as well as additional instruction | ||
in such subjects as commercial law, English, bookkeeping, and | ||
office management; and | ||
WHEREAS, A century later, Texas A&M offers a wide variety of | ||
services to its student veterans through its Military Admissions | ||
program, which provides individualized assistance to applicants, | ||
through its Veteran Services Office, which helps veterans maximize | ||
Veterans Administration education benefits and other benefits, and | ||
through its Veteran Resource and Support Center, which connects | ||
veterans with uniquely tailored resources from campus and community | ||
networks; more than 3,800 veterans or spouses and children of | ||
veterans are currently receiving benefits at the school; and | ||
WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt of gratitude to those | ||
men and women who take up arms in our defense, and Texas A&M is | ||
playing a crucial role in the lives of its student veterans by | ||
providing them with the support, encouragement, and resources they | ||
so richly deserve; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commend Texas A&M University for its 100 years | ||
of outstanding service to veterans and extend to the university's | ||
veterans affairs personnel 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 Texas A&M University as an expression of high regard by | ||
the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Flynn | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 750 was adopted by the House on March | ||
21, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||