Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

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1	1	81R6158 CBE-D
2	2	By: Anderson H.C.R. No. 62
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5	5	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
6	6	WHEREAS, George W. Bush was the first Texas governor to
7	7	become president of the United States, and as he takes up residence
8	8	once again in the Lone Star State, it is indeed a pleasure to
9	9	welcome him home; and
10	10	WHEREAS, The eldest child of former president George Herbert
11	11	Walker Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush, George W. Bush was
12	12	born in New Haven, Connecticut, on July 6, 1946; he grew up in
13	13	Midland and Houston and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in
14	14	history from Yale University and a master of business
15	15	administration degree from the Harvard School of Business; after
16	16	returning to Midland to enter the energy industry, he met Laura
17	17	Welch, who became his wife on November 5, 1977; three years later,
18	18	the couple were blessed with twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara; and
19	19	WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan continued his career in energy
20	20	until his father's successful 1988 presidential campaign, on which
21	21	he served as a senior advisor, and he later assembled a group of
22	22	investors to purchase the Texas Rangers baseball franchise; in
23	23	1994, he began his own career in public service with his election as
24	24	governor; during his six years in office, he fostered an atmosphere
25	25	of bipartisanship and gained a reputation as a compassionate
26	26	conservative who based public policy on a philosophy of limited
27	27	government, personal responsibility, local control, and strong
28	28	families; and
29	29	WHEREAS, Having earned nationwide attention, the popular
30	30	governor of Texas was urged to run for higher office, and on January
31	31	20, 2001, he became the 43rd president of the United States, making
32	32	history as the first son of a former president to win the White
33	33	House since John Quincy Adams; President Bush was tested less than
34	34	nine months after his inauguration by the terrible events of
35	35	September 11, 2001, and the swiftness and determination of his
36	36	response would define his presidency; and
37	37	WHEREAS, In his address to the nation that night, President
38	38	Bush condemned the acts of terror and uplifted the American people
39	39	with assurances of safety and justice; he subsequently proclaimed
40	40	September 14, 2001, as a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, and
41	41	on that day he stood amid rescue workers in the rubble of the World
42	42	Trade Center and again offered words of comfort to the grieving
43	43	nation; throughout the remainder of his first term and continuing
44	44	through his second, he made national security his highest priority;
45	45	and
46	46	WHEREAS, President Bush created the Department of Homeland
47	47	Security and transformed the military, the intelligence community,
48	48	and the FBI; he oversaw the development of new antiterrorism tools
49	49	that have been instrumental in breaking up terrorist plots and
50	50	preventing another attack on American soil; and
51	51	WHEREAS, The Bush administration met numerous foreign policy
52	52	challenges, while also making constructive progress in relations
53	53	with India and sustaining a solid relationship with China;
54	54	President Bush persuaded Libya to abandon its advanced missile
55	55	programs, leading to normalized relations, and he worked with
56	56	European partners to fight terrorism and limit Iran's capacity to
57	57	develop ballistic missiles; in Africa, he vastly increased
58	58	development assistance, and he has won high praise for his support
59	59	of global initiatives to combat AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis;
60	60	and
61	61	WHEREAS, By pushing through a prescription drug benefit,
62	62	President Bush helped millions of older Americans, and today more
63	63	than 25 million people are enrolled in Medicare drug plans
64	64	administered by private insurers; in addition, he expanded access
65	65	to health care by doubling direct federal financing for community
66	66	health centers; he also worked with congress to enact the No Child
67	67	Left Behind Act, an ambitious template for educational reform; and
68	68	WHEREAS, For the past eight years, President George W. Bush
69	69	lived each day with the safety and prosperity of his fellow citizens
70	70	foremost in his mind; he took a principled stance on a wide range of
71	71	issues of great importance to every American, and his tireless
72	72	efforts will not soon be forgotten; now, therefore, be it
73	73	RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
74	74	hereby welcome former president George W. Bush back to the Lone Star
75	75	State and extend to him sincere appreciation for his service to our
76	76	state and nation; and, be it further
77	77	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
78	78	prepared for former president Bush as an expression of high regard
79	79	by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate.