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| 4 | 6 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 7 | | WHEREAS, People of Asian descent have been an integral part |
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| 6 | 8 | | of Texas' culture and history for more than 150 years; and |
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| 7 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Texas is home to 1.5 million Asian Americans and |
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| 8 | 10 | | Pacific Islanders, and there are more than 150,000 Asian |
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| 9 | 11 | | American-owned businesses across the state that generate $64 |
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| 10 | 12 | | million in annual revenue; over 100,000 Texas health care workers |
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| 11 | 13 | | of Asian descent are serving on the frontlines in the battle against |
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| 12 | 14 | | the COVID-19 pandemic; and |
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| 13 | 15 | | WHEREAS, Escalating anti-Asian rhetoric has resulted in |
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| 14 | 16 | | Asian Americans being attacked and scapegoated for the COVID-19 |
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| 15 | 17 | | pandemic and has encouraged vandals to target Asian American |
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| 16 | 18 | | businesses and institutions; in San Antonio, a Vietnamese |
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| 17 | 19 | | American-owned noodle shop was vandalized with racist graffiti; in |
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| 18 | 20 | | Austin, a Buddhist temple was desecrated by an intruder; and |
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| 19 | 21 | | WHEREAS, Anti-Asian American hate crimes increased by almost |
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| 20 | 22 | | 150 percent over the previous year in America's most populous |
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| 21 | 23 | | cities, and there have been more than 2,800 reported hate incidents |
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| 22 | 24 | | against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders from the start of the |
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| 23 | 25 | | pandemic; in San Angelo, a Korean student was assaulted after |
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| 24 | 26 | | standing up for himself to a racist neighbor; in Midland, a Burmese |
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| 25 | 27 | | family of three, including children ages two and six, were |
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| 26 | 28 | | assaulted and stabbed while shopping for groceries; eight people, |
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| 27 | 29 | | including six Asian American women, who were murdered in day spas in |
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| 28 | 30 | | the Atlanta, Georgia, area are the most recent casualties of |
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| 29 | 31 | | anti-Asian bigotry in the United States; and |
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| 30 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Hateful rhetoric and violence against Asian |
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| 31 | 33 | | Americans has increased since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, |
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| 32 | 34 | | and there is much work to be done to ensure their safety and |
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| 33 | 35 | | well-being; now, therefore, be it |
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| 34 | 36 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 35 | 37 | | Legislature hereby strongly condemn and denounce anti-Asian |
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| 36 | 38 | | bigotry, racism, and all hateful speech and violent action related |
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| 37 | 39 | | to COVID-19; and, be it further |
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| 38 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge federal, |
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| 39 | 41 | | state, and local law enforcement officials to investigate and |
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| 40 | 42 | | document all credible reports of hate crimes, incidents, and |
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| 41 | 43 | | threats against the Asian American community in Texas. |
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| 42 | | - | Vo Harless Vo Harless |
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| 43 | | - | Vo Harless |
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| 44 | | - | Howard Thompson of Harris Howard Thompson of Harris |
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| 45 | | - | Howard Thompson of Harris |
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| 46 | | - | Shine Allen Shine Allen |
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| 47 | | - | Shine Allen |
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| 48 | | - | Anchia Bernal Anchia Bernal |
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| 49 | | - | Anchia Bernal |
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| 50 | | - | Bucy Button Bucy Button |
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| 51 | | - | Bucy Button |
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| 52 | | - | Dutton Fierro Dutton Fierro |
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| 53 | | - | Dutton Fierro |
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| 54 | | - | Frullo Gervin-Hawkins Frullo Gervin-Hawkins |
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| 55 | | - | Frullo Gervin-Hawkins |
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| 56 | | - | Hinojosa A. Johnson of Harris Hinojosa A. Johnson of Harris |
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| 57 | | - | Hinojosa A. Johnson of Harris |
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| 58 | | - | Kacal Kuempel Kacal Kuempel |
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| 59 | | - | Kacal Kuempel |
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| 60 | | - | Larson Lopez Larson Lopez |
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| 61 | | - | Larson Lopez |
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| 62 | | - | Moody Morales of Maverick Moody Morales of Maverick |
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| 63 | | - | Moody Morales of Maverick |
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| 64 | | - | Ortega Paddie Ortega Paddie |
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| 65 | | - | Ortega Paddie |
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| 66 | | - | Price Rosenthal Price Rosenthal |
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| 67 | | - | Price Rosenthal |
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| 68 | | - | Sherman, Sr. Turner of Tarrant Sherman, Sr. Turner of Tarrant |
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| 69 | | - | Sherman, Sr. Turner of Tarrant |
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| 70 | | - | Wu Wu |
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| 71 | | - | Wu |
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| 72 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 73 | | - | Speaker of the House |
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| 74 | | - | I certify that H.R. No. 538 was adopted by the House on May |
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| 75 | | - | 14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 76 | | - | voting. |
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| 77 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 78 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 79 | | - | |
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| 80 | | - | Vo Harless |
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| 81 | | - | |
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| 82 | | - | Howard Thompson of Harris |
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| 83 | | - | |
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| 84 | | - | Shine Allen |
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| 85 | | - | |
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| 86 | | - | Anchia Bernal |
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| 87 | | - | |
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| 88 | | - | Bucy Button |
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| 89 | | - | |
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| 90 | | - | Dutton Fierro |
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| 91 | | - | |
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| 92 | | - | Frullo Gervin-Hawkins |
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| 93 | | - | |
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| 94 | | - | Hinojosa A. Johnson of Harris |
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| 95 | | - | |
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| 96 | | - | Kacal Kuempel |
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| 97 | | - | |
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| 98 | | - | Larson Lopez |
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| 99 | | - | |
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| 100 | | - | Moody Morales of Maverick |
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| 101 | | - | |
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| 102 | | - | Ortega Paddie |
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| 103 | | - | |
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| 104 | | - | Price Rosenthal |
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| 105 | | - | |
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| 106 | | - | Sherman, Sr. Turner of Tarrant |
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| 107 | | - | |
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| 108 | | - | Wu |
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