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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Businesses that employ Texans and support the |
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| 6 | 7 | | state's economy are important components of a prosperous future, |
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| 7 | 8 | | and the long history of McDonald's restaurants in Texas is being |
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| 8 | 9 | | celebrated with McDonald's Virtual Legislative Day on April 21, |
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| 9 | 10 | | 2021; and |
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| 10 | 11 | | WHEREAS, McDonald's franchises represent a major economic |
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| 11 | 12 | | presence in the Lone Star State, and they provide significant |
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| 12 | 13 | | benefit by returning much of the revenues they generate to local |
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| 13 | 14 | | economies; and |
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| 14 | 15 | | WHEREAS, Nearly 92,000 Texans are employed at the 1,191 |
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| 15 | 16 | | McDonald's restaurants currently operating across the state; in |
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| 16 | 17 | | 2019, the company's restaurants in Texas purchased 182 million |
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| 17 | 18 | | pounds of beef, 36.2 million pounds of cheese, 1.1 million pounds of |
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| 18 | 19 | | coffee, 44 million pounds of flour, 3 million pounds of onions, 4.7 |
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| 19 | 20 | | million pounds of sugar, and 9 million gallons of milk, |
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| 20 | 21 | | representing over $1 billion in revenue to Texas suppliers; and |
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| 21 | 22 | | WHEREAS, In addition, Texas chapters of the Ronald McDonald |
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| 22 | 23 | | House Charities helped more than 66,000 children and their families |
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| 23 | 24 | | in 2019, and McDonald's has invested $6.7 million in tuition |
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| 24 | 25 | | assistance for approximately 2,800 Texas employees seeking higher |
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| 25 | 26 | | education through its Archways to Opportunity program; and |
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| 26 | 27 | | WHEREAS, McDonald's restaurants across the state have made |
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| 27 | 28 | | significant contributions to their communities, and their |
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| 28 | 29 | | owners/operators may take great pride in their success and in their |
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| 29 | 30 | | educational and charitable programs; now, therefore, be it |
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| 30 | 31 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 31 | 32 | | Legislature hereby recognize April 21, 2021, as McDonald's Virtual |
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| 32 | 33 | | Legislative Day. |
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