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1	1	H.R. No. 308
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, A passionate advocate for social justice and civil
6	6	rights for the poor and disenfranchised, Cesar Chavez was a true
7	7	American hero, and the anniversary of his birth on March 31, 2009,
8	8	provides a fitting opportunity to remember and honor his many
9	9	contributions; and
10	10	WHEREAS, Born in 1927 near Yuma, Arizona, Cesar Chavez was 10
11	11	years old when his family lost their farm in the Great Depression
12	12	and became migrant farmworkers; throughout his youth and into his
13	13	adulthood, Mr. Chavez traveled across the Southwest, laboring in
14	14	the fields and vineyards and attending more than 30 different
15	15	schools by the time he was in the eighth grade; and
16	16	WHEREAS, After serving in the U.S. Navy for two years, he
17	17	returned home to marry Helen Fabela, whom he had met while working
18	18	in the vineyards of central California; settling with his wife in
19	19	the East San Jose barrio of Sal Si Puedes, he returned to farming to
20	20	support his young family; and
21	21	WHEREAS, Witnessing firsthand the hardships and injustices
22	22	of farmworker life, Mr. Chavez joined the Community Service
23	23	Organization, a prominent Latino civil rights group, in 1952; while
24	24	with the CSO, he coordinated voter registration drives and
25	25	conducted campaigns against racial and economic discrimination; in
26	26	the late 1950s and early 1960s, he served as the CSO's national
27	27	director; and
28	28	WHEREAS, Determined to create an organization that would
29	29	protect and serve farmworkers, he resigned from the CSO in 1962,
30	30	leaving the security of a regular paycheck, and moved with his wife
31	31	and eight children to Delano, where he founded the first successful
32	32	farmworkers union in American history; originally called the
33	33	National Farm Workers Association, the organization later became
34	34	known as the United Farm Workers of America; and
35	35	WHEREAS, For more than three decades, Mr. Chavez led this
36	36	groundbreaking organization by effecting change through peaceful
37	37	tactics such as fasts, boycotts, strikes, and pilgrimages; his
38	38	union's efforts influenced and inspired millions of Americans,
39	39	forging a diverse national coalition of students, middle-class
40	40	consumers, religious groups, and minorities in a hard-won struggle
41	41	to achieve fair wages, medical coverage, pension benefits, humane
42	42	living conditions, and perhaps most important, dignity and respect
43	43	for the hundreds of thousands of farmworkers across the country;
44	44	and
45	45	WHEREAS, In 1991, this second-generation American received
46	46	the Aguila Azteca award, the highest award Mexico can bestow on a
47	47	person of Mexican heritage, and in 1994, a year after his death on
48	48	April 23, 1993, his widow accepted the Presidential Medal of
49	49	Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, on behalf of her late
50	50	husband; since his death, communities across the nation have chosen
51	51	to pay homage to Mr. Chavez by naming schools, parks, streets, and
52	52	libraries, as well as scholarships and awards, in his honor; and
53	53	WHEREAS, His motto in life, "si se puede," or "it can be
54	54	done," embodies the legacy that Cesar Chavez has left for the
55	55	world's benefit, and his principles of equality, justice, and
56	56	dignity for all Americans remain as essential and as relevant today
57	57	as they were when he began his important life's work; now,
58	58	therefore, be it
59	59	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
60	60	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Cesar Chavez by
61	61	recognizing the month beginning March 31, 2009, as Cesar Chavez
62	62	Farmworker Appreciation Month and encourage all Texans to reflect
63	63	on and celebrate the extraordinary achievements of this inspiring
64	64	humanitarian.
65	65	Alonzo
66	66	Straus Gattis Menendez Straus Gattis Menendez
67	67	Straus Gattis Menendez
68	68	Allen Geren Merritt Allen Geren Merritt
69	69	Allen Geren Merritt
70	70	Alonzo Giddings Miklos Alonzo Giddings Miklos
71	71	Alonzo Giddings Miklos
72	72	Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
73	73	Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
74	74	Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
75	75	Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
76	76	Anderson Guillen Moody Anderson Guillen Moody
77	77	Anderson Guillen Moody
78	78	Aycock Gutierrez Morrison Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
79	79	Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
80	80	Berman Hamilton Naishtat Berman Hamilton Naishtat
81	81	Berman Hamilton Naishtat
82	82	Bohac Hancock Oliveira Bohac Hancock Oliveira
83	83	Bohac Hancock Oliveira
84	84	Bolton Hardcastle Olivo Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
85	85	Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
86	86	Bonnen Harless Orr Bonnen Harless Orr
87	87	Bonnen Harless Orr
88	88	Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr. Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
89	89	Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
90	90	Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
91	91	Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
92	92	Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
93	93	Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
94	94	Burnam Hernandez Patrick Burnam Hernandez Patrick
95	95	Burnam Hernandez Patrick
96	96	Button Herrero Paxton Button Herrero Paxton
97	97	Button Herrero Paxton
98	98	Callegari Hilderbran Pea Callegari Hilderbran Pea
99	99	Callegari Hilderbran Pea
100	100	Castro Hochberg Phillips Castro Hochberg Phillips
101	101	Castro Hochberg Phillips
102	102	Chavez Hodge Pickett Chavez Hodge Pickett
103	103	Chavez Hodge Pickett
104	104	Chisum Homer Pierson Chisum Homer Pierson
105	105	Chisum Homer Pierson
106	106	Christian Hopson Pitts Christian Hopson Pitts
107	107	Christian Hopson Pitts
108	108	Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
109	109	Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
110	110	Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
111	111	Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
112	112	Cook Hughes Riddle Cook Hughes Riddle
113	113	Cook Hughes Riddle
114	114	Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
115	115	Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
116	116	Crabb Isett Ritter Crabb Isett Ritter
117	117	Crabb Isett Ritter
118	118	Craddick Jackson Rodriguez Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
119	119	Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
120	120	Creighton Jones Rose Creighton Jones Rose
121	121	Creighton Jones Rose
122	122	Crownover Keffer Sheffield Crownover Keffer Sheffield
123	123	Crownover Keffer Sheffield
124	124	Darby Kent Shelton Darby Kent Shelton
125	125	Darby Kent Shelton
126	126	Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
127	127	Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
128	128	Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
129	129	Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
130	130	Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
131	131	Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
132	132	Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
133	133	Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
134	134	Dukes Kolkhorst Strama Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
135	135	Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
136	136	Dunnam Kuempel Swinford Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
137	137	Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
138	138	Dutton Laubenberg Taylor Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
139	139	Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
140	140	Edwards Legler Thibaut Edwards Legler Thibaut
141	141	Edwards Legler Thibaut
142	142	Eiland Leibowitz Thompson Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
143	143	Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
144	144	Eissler Lewis Truitt Eissler Lewis Truitt
145	145	Eissler Lewis Truitt
146	146	Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
147	147	Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
148	148	England Madden Turner of Harris England Madden Turner of Harris
149	149	England Madden Turner of Harris
150	150	Farabee Maldonado Vaught Farabee Maldonado Vaught
151	151	Farabee Maldonado Vaught
152	152	Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
153	153	Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
154	154	Farrar Marquez Villarreal Farrar Marquez Villarreal
155	155	Farrar Marquez Villarreal
156	156	Fletcher Martinez Vo Fletcher Martinez Vo
157	157	Fletcher Martinez Vo
158	158	Flores Martinez Fischer Walle Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
159	159	Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
160	160	Flynn McCall Weber Flynn McCall Weber
161	161	Flynn McCall Weber
162	162	Frost McClendon Woolley Frost McClendon Woolley
163	163	Frost McClendon Woolley
164	164	Gallego McReynolds Zerwas Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
165	165	Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
166	166	______________________________
167	167	Speaker of the House
168	168	I certify that H.R. No. 308 was adopted by the House on
169	169	February 26, 2009, by a non-record vote.
170	170	______________________________
171	171	Chief Clerk of the House
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175	175	Straus Gattis Menendez
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177	177	Allen Geren Merritt
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179	179	Alonzo Giddings Miklos
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181	181	Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
182	182
183	183	Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
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185	185	Anderson Guillen Moody
186	186
187	187	Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
188	188
189	189	Berman Hamilton Naishtat
190	190
191	191	Bohac Hancock Oliveira
192	192
193	193	Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
194	194
195	195	Bonnen Harless Orr
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197	197	Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
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199	199	Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
200	200
201	201	Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
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203	203	Burnam Hernandez Patrick
204	204
205	205	Button Herrero Paxton
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207	207	Callegari Hilderbran Pea
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209	209	Castro Hochberg Phillips
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211	211	Chavez Hodge Pickett
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213	213	Chisum Homer Pierson
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215	215	Christian Hopson Pitts
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217	217	Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
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219	219	Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
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221	221	Cook Hughes Riddle
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223	223	Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
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225	225	Crabb Isett Ritter
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227	227	Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
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229	229	Creighton Jones Rose
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231	231	Crownover Keffer Sheffield
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233	233	Darby Kent Shelton
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235	235	Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
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237	237	Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
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239	239	Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
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241	241	Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
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243	243	Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
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245	245	Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
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247	247	Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
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249	249	Edwards Legler Thibaut
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251	251	Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
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253	253	Eissler Lewis Truitt
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255	255	Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
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257	257	England Madden Turner of Harris
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259	259	Farabee Maldonado Vaught
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261	261	Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
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263	263	Farrar Marquez Villarreal
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265	265	Fletcher Martinez Vo
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267	267	Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
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269	269	Flynn McCall Weber
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271	271	Frost McClendon Woolley
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273	273	Gallego McReynolds Zerwas