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1		-	H.R. No. 924
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	2	+	By: Thompson of Harris H.R. No. 924
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4	5		R E S O L U T I O N
5	6		WHEREAS, The passing of former state representative Paul Cruz
6	7		Moreno of El Paso on September 1, 2017, at the age of 86, concluded a
7	8		remarkable life of service as a voice for the voiceless and most
8	9		vulnerable; and
9	10		WHEREAS, A legislator for more than four decades, Mr. Moreno
10	11		was first elected in 1966 and fought tirelessly for the poor, people
11	12		of color, low-income workers, people with disabilities, and others
12	13		confronting barriers to full participation in the American Dream;
13	14		he pushed for legislation requiring developers to provide water and
14	15		sanitation to colonias, and he strove to make public buildings and
15	16		transportation more accessible to people with disabilities; in
16	17		addition, he challenged the state's public school financing system,
17	18		sought to regulate college tuition, and advocated for better
18	19		teacher salaries; he also worked to pass a minimum wage bill; his
19	20		fierce dedication and strong moral compass earned him a reputation
20	21		as the "Conscience of the House"; and
21	22		WHEREAS, In 1971, Mr. Moreno was part of the "Dirty Thirty,"
22	23		a bipartisan group that opposed the speaker and other officials
23	24		charged with corruption; as a member of the Higher Education
24	25		Committee, he successfully championed greater access to
25	26		opportunity and played a key role in enhancing support for The
26	27		University of Texas at El Paso; he further served as vice chair of
27	28		the Redistricting, Urban Affairs, and State, Federal, and
28	29		International Relations Committees, as well as the Retirement and
29	30		Aging Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight, and he was the
30	31		inaugural chair of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus; and
31	32		WHEREAS, Mr. Moreno was acknowledged as the first Mexican
32	33		American "Dean of the Texas House" when he became its longest
33	34		tenured member in 2007, and the National Association of Latino
34	35		Elected and Appointed Officials recognized him as the longest
35	36		serving Hispanic public official in the country; among myriad
36	37		accolades, he received the PUSH Excel National Award, and the El
37	38		Paso Independent School District named Paul C. Moreno Elementary
38	39		School in his honor in 1996; and
39	40		WHEREAS, An El Paso native, Mr. Moreno was born to Avelina
40	41		Ramirez and Reyes Moreno Sr. on April 28, 1931, and grew up with 11
41	42		siblings; he began his community organizing at the age of 14,
42	43		helping to launch the first Catholic Youth Organization in his
43	44		hometown; three years later, he dropped out of Bowie High School to
44	45		enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps, and he became a highly decorated
45	46		veteran of the Korean War; he went on to work as a Marine recruiter
46	47		until a diving accident left him a quadriplegic; never limited by
47	48		his need for a wheelchair, he graduated from UTEP and The University
48	49		of Texas School of Law; and
49	50		WHEREAS, Mr. Moreno was a dynamic leader in the Chicano
50	51		Movement and in a host of organizations, among them the Mexican
51	52		American Bar Association, the Democratic Party, the El Paso Legal
52	53		Assistance Society, and Tejano Democrats; he was a wise mentor to
53	54		generations of public servants, and he was admired by all for his
54	55		unsparing honesty, as well as his integrity, humility, and profound
55	56		compassion; and
56	57		WHEREAS, Devoted to his large extended family, Mr. Moreno was
57	58		the proud father of a daughter, Annette, as well as the grandfather
58	59		of Innette, Evette, and Amarette, and great-grandfather of Josiah
59	60		and Ariah; and
60	61		WHEREAS, Paul Moreno is deeply missed, but his exceptional
61	62		contributions continue to resonate, and his legacy remains a
62	63		lasting source of inspiration; now, therefore, be it
63	64		RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
64	65		Legislature hereby pay tribute to the Honorable Paul Cruz Moreno
65	66		and extend sincere sympathy to all who mourn his passing; and, be it
66	67		further
67	68		RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
68	69		prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
69	70		Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of former
70	71		state representative Paul Cruz Moreno.
71		-	Thompson of Harris
72		-	______________________________
73		-	Speaker of the House
74		-	I certify that H.R. No. 924 was unanimously adopted by a
75		-	rising vote of the House on April 5, 2019.
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77		-	Chief Clerk of the House