1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 1343 |
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4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, United States Representative Monica De La Cruz |
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6 | 6 | | introduced a bipartisan bill, H.R. 412, on January 20, 2023, to |
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7 | 7 | | designate the U.S. Post Office at 620 East Pecan Boulevard in |
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8 | 8 | | McAllen as the Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post Office; and |
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9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, On December 7, 2022, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Raul |
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10 | 10 | | H. Gonzalez of Edinburg was engaged in a high-speed chase when his |
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11 | 11 | | ATV crashed; he was transported to a hospital but died of his |
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12 | 12 | | injuries that day, at the age of 38, leaving two children, Sebastian |
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13 | 13 | | and Camila Gonzalez, and a large extended family, as well as |
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14 | 14 | | numerous bereaved colleagues; and |
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15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, Agent Gonzalez was a graduate of Economedes High |
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16 | 16 | | School in Edinburg and the Border Patrol Academy; deeply patriotic, |
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17 | 17 | | he demonstrated great dedication over the course of a career that |
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18 | 18 | | spanned more than a decade with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, |
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19 | 19 | | which is within the Department of Homeland Security; he was |
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20 | 20 | | assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector McAllen Station; and |
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21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, Committed to the important mission of the U.S. |
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22 | 22 | | Border Patrol, Agent Gonzalez lost his life in the line of duty, and |
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23 | 23 | | it would be most fitting to recognize his exemplary service and |
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24 | 24 | | supreme sacrifice by naming the post office in McAllen in his honor; |
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25 | 25 | | now, therefore, be it |
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26 | 26 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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27 | 27 | | Legislature hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to |
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28 | 28 | | pass H.R. 412, designating the U.S. Post Office at 620 East Pecan |
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29 | 29 | | Boulevard in McAllen as the Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post |
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30 | 30 | | Office; and, be it further |
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31 | 31 | | RESOLVED, That the chief clerk of the Texas House of |
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32 | 32 | | Representatives forward official copies of this resolution to the |
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33 | 33 | | president of the United States, to the speaker of the House of |
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34 | 34 | | Representatives and the president of the Senate of the United |
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35 | 35 | | States Congress, and to all the members of the Texas delegation to |
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36 | 36 | | Congress with the request that this resolution be officially |
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37 | 37 | | entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of |
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38 | 38 | | the United States of America. |
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39 | 39 | | Canales |
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40 | 40 | | ______________________________ |
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41 | 41 | | Speaker of the House |
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42 | 42 | | I certify that H.R. No. 1343 was adopted by the House on May |
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43 | 43 | | 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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44 | 44 | | voting. |
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45 | 45 | | ______________________________ |
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46 | 46 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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