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1	1	H.R. No. 2820
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, The nation lost a passionate champion of economic
6	6	opportunity and inclusive democracy with the death of Jack Kemp on
7	7	May 2, 2009, at the age of 73; and
8	8	WHEREAS, Born in Los Angeles in 1935, John French Kemp, Jr.,
9	9	graduated from Occidental College, where he started as quarterback;
10	10	he went on to a successful 13-year career in professional football
11	11	and led the Buffalo Bills to two American Football League
12	12	championships; as a founder and president of the AFL Players
13	13	Association, he helped African American athletes fight
14	14	discrimination, and when they were barred from nightclubs and cabs
15	15	in New Orleans, he supported the boycott of an all-star game in the
16	16	city; and
17	17	WHEREAS, Mr. Kemp made a graceful transition from sports into
18	18	politics, winning the first of nine terms in the United States House
19	19	of Representatives in 1970, representing western New York; his low
20	20	tax platform and advocacy of supply-side economics laid the
21	21	groundwork for Ronald Reagan's economic program and presidential
22	22	victory, and Mr. Kemp was elected chair of the House Republican
23	23	Conference, the third-ranking leadership post; in the next
24	24	administration, he was appointed secretary of housing and urban
25	25	development by George H. W. Bush and strove with tireless resolve
26	26	to revitalize the nation's inner cities, closing down failed
27	27	housing projects and championing the establishment of enterprise
28	28	zones to encourage development and job creation; and
29	29	WHEREAS, In 1996, Bob Dole chose him as his presidential
30	30	running mate; after their campaign ended, Mr. Kemp focused on his
31	31	work as a codirector of Empower America, a public policy and
32	32	advocacy organization that he founded with former secretary of
33	33	education William Bennett and former U.N. ambassador Jeane
34	34	Kirkpatrick, and as head of Kemp Partners, a Washington, D.C.,
35	35	strategic consulting firm; in recent years, he co-chaired the
36	36	Russia Task Force of the Council on Foreign Relations and served on
37	37	the Saving America's Cities Working Group; he helped form a new
38	38	nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank, the Foundation for the Defense
39	39	of Democracies; moreover, he served on numerous corporate boards,
40	40	wrote a popular syndicated column, and was much in demand as a
41	41	speaker; and
42	42	WHEREAS, For decades, this respected statesman and
43	43	self-described "bleeding-heart conservative" advocated for civil
44	44	rights and sought to improve the lives of all Americans; a devoted
45	45	family man, he was supported in his endeavors by his wife, Joanne
46	46	Kemp, their children, Jeffrey, Jennifer, Judith, and Jimmy, and
47	47	their 17 grandchildren; and
48	48	WHEREAS, Jack Kemp set an inspirational example of public
49	49	service, and through his commitment to freedom, progress, and
50	50	equality, he played an important and enduring role in moving our
51	51	nation forward; now, therefore, be it
52	52	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
53	53	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Jack Kemp and extend
54	54	sincere condolences to his family and many friends.
55	55	Gattis
56	56	______________________________
57	57	Speaker of the House
58	58	I certify that H.R. No. 2820 was unanimously adopted by a
59	59	rising vote of the House on June 1, 2009.
60	60	______________________________
61	61	Chief Clerk of the House