Bill Text: TX HR804 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulating State Representative Armando Walle on passing the Texas State Bar exam.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-13 - Referred to Rules & Resolutions [HR804 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR804-Introduced.html
85R13696 JGH-D | ||
By: Anchia | H.R. No. 804 |
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WHEREAS, State Representative Armando Walle added to his | ||
considerable record of achievement by passing the Texas State Bar | ||
exam in July 2016; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Houston and raised by a single mother, | ||
Representative Walle graduated with honors from MacArthur High | ||
School and earned his bachelor's degree in political science from | ||
the University of Houston; the first in his family to go to college, | ||
he spearheaded efforts while at UH to recruit other qualified | ||
Hispanic students, and he served as a mentor for at-risk high | ||
schoolers; he also participated in the Texas Legislative Internship | ||
Program, sponsored by Senator Rodney Ellis; and | ||
WHEREAS, Early in his career, Representative Walle worked to | ||
expand community outreach efforts, such as youth sports leagues and | ||
adult GED programs; he sat on the board of the Aldine-Greenspoint | ||
YMCA, and he served as president of the Ambassadors International | ||
Ballet Folklorico and as chair of the Harris County Tejano | ||
Democrats; and | ||
WHEREAS, Representative Walle began his career in public | ||
service as an aide to Houston City Council member Carol Mims | ||
Galloway; he went on to join the staff of Congresswoman Sheila | ||
Jackson Lee and subsequently spent six years with the office of | ||
Congressman Gene Green, where he oversaw such projects as | ||
Immunization Day, Paying for College workshops, and senior citizen | ||
issues forums; and | ||
WHEREAS, Elected to the Texas House of Representatives in | ||
2008, Representative Walle is currently serving his fifth term; he | ||
has authored and advocated for many proposals in behalf of his | ||
district, seeking to increase neighborhood safety, encourage local | ||
development, and improve the quality of life in the Aldine and | ||
Northside areas of Houston; he currently serves as vice chair of the | ||
House Appropriations Subcommittee on Articles VI, VII, and VIII, | ||
and he is a member of the Appropriations Committee, the | ||
Subcommittee on Budget Transparency and Reform, and the Energy | ||
Resources Committee; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the past several years, Representative Walle | ||
found time in his busy schedule to earn his J.D. at the University | ||
of Houston Law Center; and | ||
WHEREAS, Throughout his career, this dynamic public servant | ||
has worked tirelessly to advance the welfare of his fellow | ||
citizens, and he may indeed reflect with pride on his deep and full | ||
engagement with the issues and challenges that face the Lone Star | ||
State; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate the Honorable Armando Walle on | ||
passing the Texas State Bar exam and extend to him sincere best | ||
wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Representative Walle as an expression of high regard | ||
by his friends and colleagues in the Texas House of | ||
Representatives. |