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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Independent business owners play an important role |
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| 6 | 7 | | in cities across the Lone Star State, and Huy Hoang Nguyen and Ngoc |
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| 7 | 8 | | Tram Thi Chu are truly deserving of special recognition for their |
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| 8 | 9 | | contributions to the cultural and economic vitality of their |
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| 9 | 10 | | community; and |
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| 10 | 11 | | WHEREAS, This husband-and-wife team own two successful |
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| 11 | 12 | | businesses, the Creamery Teahouse in Sugar Land and Tram's Teahouse |
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| 12 | 13 | | in Houston; strong advocates for Asian culture in the Houston area, |
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| 13 | 14 | | they have been members of the Vietnamese Culture and Science |
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| 14 | 15 | | Association, and they have provided invaluable support to such |
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| 15 | 16 | | events as the Korean Festival Houston, the Vietnamese Festival, and |
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| 16 | 17 | | Asian Night Market; and |
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| 17 | 18 | | WHEREAS, In addition, Mr. Nguyen and Ms. Chu have served as |
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| 18 | 19 | | sponsors of Feed Fort Bend Front Line Workers, which was |
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| 19 | 20 | | established during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide meals from |
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| 20 | 21 | | locally owned restaurants to first responders and hospital staff; |
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| 21 | 22 | | they have also participated in such events as the Sugar Land Holiday |
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| 22 | 23 | | Lights, and they have promoted political engagement by hosting a |
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| 23 | 24 | | town hall; and |
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| 24 | 25 | | WHEREAS, Texas communities draw strength from the civic |
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| 25 | 26 | | participation of such dynamic entrepreneurs as Mr. Nguyen and |
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| 26 | 27 | | Ms. Chu, and the couple may reflect with pride on their efforts to |
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| 27 | 28 | | make the Houston area an even better place for all; now, therefore, |
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| 28 | 29 | | be it |
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| 29 | 30 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 30 | 31 | | Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby commend Huy Hoang Nguyen |
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| 31 | 32 | | and Ngoc Tram Thi Chu for their contributions to their community and |
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| 32 | 33 | | extend to them sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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| 33 | 34 | | further |
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| 34 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 35 | 36 | | prepared for Mr. Nguyen and Ms. Chu as an expression of high regard |
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| 36 | 37 | | by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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