By: Dunnam H.R. No. 1383
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Each Member of the Texas House of Representatives
feels great pride in being citizens of the United States of America,
which includes the right of citizens to petition their government
for redress of grievances; and,
WHEREAS, All Texans have benefited from this State's
participation in the unique experience in democracy that first
began on a field in Lexington, Massachusetts, and called The United
States of America;
WHEREAS, Countless Texans have served in the Armed Forces of
the United States with the brave sons and daughters of all our
sister States to protect our State, our Nation, our Union and many
of them gave the last full measure of devotion by offering their
lives to preserve that Union; and
WHEREAS, Each member of the Texas House of Representatives
has sworn a solemn oath to defend our National Union; and
WHEREAS, Each day, millions of Texans assemble in churches,
synagogues, schools, arenas, fields, and homes to pledge allegiance
to the Flag of the United States of America and the one nation,
indivisible, for which that Flag stands; and
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas reaffirms the pride of all Texans in both our one and
indivisible National Union and in our one and indivisible State and
the common heritage of both; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives expresses its
complete and total disagreement with any fringe element advocating
the "secession" of Texas or any other state from our one and
indivisible Union; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the House of
Representatives is directed to send a copy of this Resolution to the
President of the United States of America, the Vice President of the
United States of America, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives of the United States of America, and the governor
of each sister State as an expression of the affection of the people
of Texas for our one National and Indivisible Union.