| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2317 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the heartache felt |
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| 6 | 6 | | at the loss of U.S. Air Force Major Rodolfo Ivan Rodriguez of El |
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| 7 | 7 | | Paso, who died on September 20, 2008, at the age of 34; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Assigned to the 86th Construction and Training |
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| 9 | 9 | | Squadron at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, Major Rodriguez was one of |
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| 10 | 10 | | 53 people killed when an improvised explosive device detonated |
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| 11 | 11 | | outside a hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, Major Rodriguez was a 1993 graduate of Ysleta High |
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| 13 | 13 | | School, where he played football and baseball and was a member of |
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| 14 | 14 | | the band; he went on to earn a bachelor's degree from the U.S. Air |
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| 15 | 15 | | Force Academy in 1998 and to serve in civil engineer units, |
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| 16 | 16 | | including Vandenberg Air Force Base in California; he spent six |
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| 17 | 17 | | months deployed at Kirkuk Air Base in Iraq in 2006 and was on his |
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| 18 | 18 | | third Central Command assignment at the time of his death; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Dedicated to his family, Rodolfo Rodriguez made |
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| 20 | 20 | | regular trips home while he was in the academy, never missing the |
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| 21 | 21 | | birthdays of his loved ones; moreover, he inspired relatives and |
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| 22 | 22 | | friends alike with his intelligence, kindness, and hard work; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt to our nation's |
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| 24 | 24 | | servicemen and servicewomen, whose devotion to their country |
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| 25 | 25 | | inspires them to take up military service, and their committed |
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| 26 | 26 | | efforts and enormous sacrifices are deserving of their fellow |
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| 27 | 27 | | citizens' deepest respect and gratitude; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Major Rodriguez embodied the highest ideals of the |
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| 29 | 29 | | United States Air Force, and the blessing of his life will be |
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| 30 | 30 | | forever cherished by those who were privileged to share in his love |
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| 31 | 31 | | and affection; now, therefore, be it |
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| 32 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 33 | 33 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Major Rodolfo |
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| 34 | 34 | | Rodriguez and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: |
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| 35 | 35 | | to his wife, Caryn Rodriguez; to his mother, Minerva Rivas; to his |
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| 36 | 36 | | brothers, Edgar and Fernando Rivas; and to his other relatives and |
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| 37 | 37 | | many friends; and, be it further |
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| 38 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 39 | 39 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 40 | 40 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Rodolfo |
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| 41 | 41 | | Ivan Rodriguez. |
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| 42 | 42 | | Marquez |
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| 43 | 43 | | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 45 | 45 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2317 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 46 | 46 | | rising vote of the House on May 21, 2009. |
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| 47 | 47 | | ______________________________ |
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| 48 | 48 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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