H.R. No. 1680
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Margarita Velasquez of Corpus Christi is being
awarded a 2017-2018 Joe A. Gonzalez (JAG) Education Is Our Freedom
GED College Scholarship; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Velasquez attends Texas A&M University--Corpus
Christi, where she is studying business administration; and
WHEREAS, The Education Is Our Freedom scholarship program was
founded by Joe Gonzalez, a longtime public servant and advocate for
education; Mr. Gonzalez is currently serving his second term as
Nueces County commissioner for Precinct 2, having first been
elected to that office in 2010; he previously worked for more than
two decades with the United States Department of Justice, and after
retiring from the DOJ in 1999, he spent nine years as justice of the
peace for Precinct 1, Place 1, in Nueces County; he created the
Education Is Our Freedom program in memory of the late Drs. Hector
P. Garcia, Cleo Garcia, and Xico Garcia, and since its
establishment in 2005, some 1,165 scholarships have been awarded;
and
WHEREAS, A most deserving recipient, Margarita Velasquez is
demonstrating impressive drive and ability as she works toward her
scholastic and personal goals, and she may indeed look forward to a
future bright with promise; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Margarita Velasquez on her receipt
of a Joe A. Gonzalez (JAG) Education Is Our Freedom GED College
Scholarship and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued
success in all her endeavors; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Velasquez as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Herrero
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1680 was adopted by the House on May
4, 2017, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House