Bill Text: TX SR2 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Honorable David H. Dewhurst.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-01-13 - Reported enrolled [SR2 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR2-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Texas Senate takes great pride in recognizing | ||
the Honorable David H. Dewhurst for his distinguished service as | ||
the 41st lieutenant governor of Texas and for his many | ||
contributions to this state and country over the course of his | ||
outstanding career in public service; and | ||
WHEREAS, David Dewhurst is well known for his expertise in | ||
a wide variety of fields; in addition to being a respected state | ||
leader whose service as lieutenant governor of Texas deserves the | ||
highest of accolades, he is also a successful businessman, a | ||
rancher, a cattle breeder, a community leader, and a world-ranked | ||
cutting-horse rider who was inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy | ||
Hall of Fame; and | ||
WHEREAS, Long before launching his political career, David | ||
Dewhurst was known as a hard worker and a high achiever who was | ||
focused on a life of service; as a young man, he served his | ||
country with distinction as an officer in the United States Air | ||
Force; he went on to become a case officer in the Central | ||
Intelligence Agency, and he later served in the United States | ||
Department of State; and | ||
WHEREAS, After his return to Texas, he established his own | ||
diversified energy and investments company and began serving as | ||
finance chair of the state's Republican Party; he played a major | ||
role in the election of many Republican candidates to office, and | ||
in 1998, he entered the political arena himself and became the | ||
first Republican since Reconstruction to be elected commissioner | ||
of the Texas General Land Office; and | ||
WHEREAS, David Dewhurst was elected lieutenant governor of | ||
Texas in 2002, and he has served as president of the Texas Senate | ||
longer than all but one of his predecessors; he has presided over | ||
six regular sessions and 12 special sessions, and during his | ||
tenure, he has successfully balanced five state budgets without | ||
raising taxes, helped the legislature to pass the largest tax cut | ||
in state history, and played an important role in bringing about | ||
a notable reduction in state spending; and | ||
WHEREAS, Governor Dewhurst has overseen the significant | ||
growth of the rainy day fund and has been instrumental in the | ||
addition of more than 1.6 million new private sector jobs in the | ||
state; his leadership was key to the 2006 passage of landmark | ||
school finance reform and, in 2009, to the establishment of the | ||
framework for creating more tier-one state universities; and | ||
WHEREAS, A true statesman who is known for his integrity | ||
and high standards, David Dewhurst has been committed to ensuring | ||
the passage of legislation that is in the best interest of this | ||
state and its future; he has championed fiscally and socially | ||
conservative laws and policies, and his leadership and diligence | ||
have helped to make the Texas economy one of the strongest in the | ||
nation; and | ||
WHEREAS, Throughout his career, David Dewhurst has pursued | ||
a course of excellence, and he deserves praise and deepest | ||
appreciation for his dedication to service and for his countless | ||
accomplishments on our state's behalf; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
Legislature, hereby pay tribute to Lieutenant Governor David H. | ||
Dewhurst for his many achievements and for his invaluable | ||
contributions to our state while serving as the presiding officer | ||
of the Texas Senate; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst as an expression of the | ||
highest esteem of the Texas Senate. | ||
Eltife | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on January 13, 2015. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |