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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Nicholas Rodriguez of Corpus Christi is being |
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| 6 | 7 | | awarded a 2017-2018 Joe A. Gonzalez (JAG) Education Is Our Freedom |
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| 7 | 8 | | GED College Scholarship; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Rodriguez attends Texas A&M |
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| 9 | 10 | | University--Kingsville, where he is studying chemical engineering; |
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| 10 | 11 | | and |
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| 11 | 12 | | WHEREAS, The Education Is Our Freedom scholarship program was |
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| 12 | 13 | | founded by Joe Gonzalez, a longtime public servant and advocate for |
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| 13 | 14 | | education; Mr. Gonzalez is currently serving his second term as |
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| 14 | 15 | | Nueces County commissioner for Precinct 2, having first been |
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| 15 | 16 | | elected to that office in 2010; he previously worked for more than |
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| 16 | 17 | | two decades with the United States Department of Justice, and after |
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| 17 | 18 | | retiring from the DOJ in 1999, he spent nine years as justice of the |
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| 18 | 19 | | peace for Precinct 1, Place 1, in Nueces County; he created the |
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| 19 | 20 | | Education Is Our Freedom program in memory of the late Drs. Hector |
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| 20 | 21 | | P. Garcia, Cleo Garcia, and Xico Garcia, and since its |
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| 21 | 22 | | establishment in 2005, some 1,165 scholarships have been awarded; |
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| 22 | 23 | | and |
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| 23 | 24 | | WHEREAS, A most deserving recipient, Nicholas Rodriguez is |
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| 24 | 25 | | demonstrating impressive drive and ability as he works toward his |
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| 25 | 26 | | scholastic and personal goals, and he may indeed look forward to a |
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| 26 | 27 | | future bright with promise; now, therefore, be it |
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| 27 | 28 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 28 | 29 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Nicholas Rodriguez on his receipt |
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| 29 | 30 | | of a Joe A. Gonzalez (JAG) Education Is Our Freedom GED College |
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| 30 | 31 | | Scholarship and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued |
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| 31 | 32 | | success in all his endeavors; and, be it further |
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| 32 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 33 | 34 | | prepared for Mr. Rodriguez as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 34 | 35 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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