Bill Text: TX SCR3 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urging Congress to rename the Harlingen Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic as the Kay Bailey Hutchison Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic at Harlingen.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-29 - Referred to Administration [SCR3 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SCR3-Introduced.html

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By: Lucio S.C.R. No. 3

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas' first female United
States senator and a former state treasurer of Texas and former
member of the Texas House of Representatives, recently retired from
office after more than four decades of outstanding public service;
and
WHEREAS, As ranking member of the Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and
Related Agencies and as a member of the Senate Committee on
Veterans' Affairs, Senator Hutchison dedicated herself to the
improvement of veterans' health and was a staunch advocate for
increased funding for veterans' medical services; and
WHEREAS, Senator Hutchison was instrumental in creating a
partnership between the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs and The University of Texas System to improve veterans'
access to medical care in South Texas; and
WHEREAS, The Harlingen Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic,
located on The University of Texas Health Science Center's
Harlingen campus, opened in 2011 to provide primary medical care
services for veterans in the Harlingen area, to make laboratory,
mental health, nutrition, and social work services available to
eligible veterans, and to provide education and training for
medical residents and students based at the Regional Academic
Health Center in Harlingen; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to rename the
Harlingen Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic as the Kay Bailey
Hutchison Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic at Harlingen as a
tribute to her commitment to public service and her many
contributions to the improvement of veterans' care in the State of
Texas; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the
senate of the United States Congress, and to all the members of the
Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this
resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a
memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.