Texas 2023 - 88th 3rd C.S.

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1	1	H.R. No. 19
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, Dr. Andy Schwartz is retiring as state veterinarian
6	6	and executive director of the Texas Animal Health Commission in
7	7	January 2024, drawing to a close an exceptional career with the
8	8	agency spanning nearly three and a half decades; and
9	9	WHEREAS, Andy Schwartz grew up on his family's farm in
10	10	Priddy; he graduated from Tarleton State University with an animal
11	11	agriculture degree, and he earned his doctor of veterinary medicine
12	12	degree at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine and
13	13	Biomedical Sciences; and
14	14	WHEREAS, Early in his career, Dr. Schwartz gained valuable
15	15	experience through his work at a mixed animal practice; in May 1990,
16	16	he embarked on his tenure with TAHC as a field veterinarian, and he
17	17	subsequently was promoted to the titles of region director, state
18	18	epidemiologist, and assistant executive director; and
19	19	WHEREAS, In 2016, Dr. Schwartz was named state veterinarian
20	20	and executive director of TAHC; nationally recognized among
21	21	regulatory veterinarians and policy makers, he has helped lead the
22	22	effort to control such animal diseases as bovine and swine
23	23	brucellosis and pseudorabies in commercial swine while playing a
24	24	key role in the development and execution of response plans for a
25	25	number of foreign animal diseases; under his direction, Texas has
26	26	remained involved with the Scrapie Eradication and the Chronic
27	27	Wasting Disease Management Programs, and he has guided multilevel
28	28	responses to disease outbreaks; moreover, he helps direct the Texas
29	29	Trichomoniasis Program, which improves the health and
30	30	marketability of cattle; and
31	31	WHEREAS, Retirement will afford Dr. Schwartz the opportunity
32	32	to spend more time with his family, which includes his wife, Kathy,
33	33	and his children and grandchildren; he also helps his mother care
34	34	for her sheep and cattle on the family farm; and
35	35	WHEREAS, A longtime leader in his field, Dr. Andy Schwartz
36	36	has distinguished himself through his exemplary efforts in behalf
37	37	of TAHC and the animal health and agriculture industries, and he may
38	38	indeed reflect with pride on a job well done; now, therefore, be it
39	39	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
40	40	Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Dr. Andy
41	41	Schwartz on his retirement as state veterinarian and executive
42	42	director of the Texas Animal Health Commission and extend to him
43	43	sincere appreciation for his many years of outstanding service;
44	44	and, be it further
45	45	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
46	46	prepared for Dr. Schwartz as an expression of high regard by the
47	47	Texas House of Representatives.
48	48	González of El Paso
49	49	______________________________
50	50	Speaker of the House
51	51	I certify that H.R. No. 19 was adopted by the House on October
52	52	23, 2023, by a non-record vote.
53	53	______________________________
54	54	Chief Clerk of the House