Paying tribute to the life of Irma Rangel and honoring the students of the Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School in 2015-2016, on the 12th anniversary of the opening of the school.
Congratulating Noemi Torres of John F. Kennedy Elementary School, the 2014-2015 Edcouch-Elsa Independent School District Elementary Teacher of the Year.
Honoring former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson for the donation of his professional papers to the Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin.
Expressing support for raising awareness of metastatic breast cancer and for expanding research into its causes and the development of more effective treatments.