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