Bill Text: TX SCR32 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Paying tribute to Britt K. Slabinski on the occasion of the 2019 Medal of Honor Host City Weekend in Gainesville.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Laid on the table subject to call [SCR32 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SCR32-Introduced.html
| 86R15337 CJM-D | ||
| By: Fallon | S.C.R. No. 32 | |
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| WHEREAS, The valiant military service of Britt K. Slabinski | ||
| is being saluted as part of the 2019 Medal of Honor Host City | ||
| Weekend in Gainesville; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Established in 2001, Gainesville's Medal of Honor | ||
| Host City Program acknowledges the heroism and sacrifice of | ||
| individuals who have earned the Medal of Honor, the nation's | ||
| highest military award for valor; each year, local citizens join | ||
| together to fund travel costs and other expenses to bring medal | ||
| recipients to the city for a special series of events; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A senior chief with the Naval Special Warfare | ||
| Development Group, Mr. Slabinski received the Medal of Honor for | ||
| his actions on March 4, 2002, while assigned to a joint task force | ||
| during the war in Afghanistan; Mr. Slabinski was leading a | ||
| reconnaissance mission in the mountains when the insertion | ||
| helicopter was damaged by enemy fire, causing a member of the team | ||
| to be ejected from the aircraft; Mr. Slabinski fearlessly launched | ||
| an assault to rescue the teammate; exposed to attack from three | ||
| directions, he and his team engaged the enemy in a close-quarters | ||
| firefight; Mr. Slabinski carried a wounded teammate across | ||
| difficult terrain while drawing fire from the enemy and continued | ||
| the fight until the location had been secured and the team was | ||
| extracted; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Demonstrating extraordinary courage in the line of | ||
| duty, Britt Slabinski fulfilled the highest ideals of the United | ||
| States armed forces, and he has earned the lasting admiration of a | ||
| grateful nation; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby pay tribute to Britt K. Slabinski on the occasion of the 2019 | ||
| Medal of Honor Host City Weekend in Gainesville and commend him for | ||
| his exemplary service in the defense of our nation; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. Slabinski as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
