Bill Text: TX SR484 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Blaine Scott and his family for their service to veterans.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-27 - Reported enrolled [SR484 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR484-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| recognize Master Sergeant Blaine Scott, United States Marine | ||
| Corps, Retired, and his family on the occasion of the | ||
| groundbreaking for a new home to be built by the organization | ||
| Helping a Hero; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Helping a Hero is a nonprofit organization that | ||
| builds specially adapted homes for severely wounded service | ||
| members injured in Iraq and Afghanistan; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Scott grew up in Iowa and joined | ||
| the United States Marine Corps in 1992; he served multiple | ||
| overseas deployments before becoming an instructor at the | ||
| Mountain Warfare Training Center in California, where he taught | ||
| thousands of young men and women the skills they would need in | ||
| order to operate successfully and survive in mountainous | ||
| terrain; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2004, he transferred to the 3rd Light Armored | ||
| Reconnaissance Battalion and was deployed in support of | ||
| Operation Iraqi Freedom; during his second deployment to Iraq, he | ||
| was severely injured in an improvised explosive device blast; | ||
| after his recovery, he went on to serve with the I Marine | ||
| Expeditionary Forces in Afghanistan before completing his | ||
| military service with Wounded Warrior Battalion-East at San | ||
| Antonio Military Medical Center; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After his retirement, Master Sergeant Scott and | ||
| his family continued to serve by offering their home as a place | ||
| for wounded warriors to recover; Helping a Hero, along with | ||
| Vintage Estate Homes, has designed a beautiful four-bedroom, | ||
| three-bath home that will enable the family to continue its | ||
| compassionate work in caring for warriors in crisis; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In addition to helping wounded warriors, the | ||
| Scott family actively supports antibullying initiatives and the | ||
| passage of David's Law to strengthen antibullying laws in Texas; | ||
| the family has taken up this cause in loving memory of their | ||
| daughter Isabella, who died at the age of 12; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
| Legislature, hereby commend Master Sergeant Blaine Scott and his | ||
| family on their exceptional service and extend to them heartfelt | ||
| wishes for continued success in their worthy endeavors; and, be | ||
| it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| them as an expression of highest regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Campbell | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 27, 2017. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
